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|authority = H.Karst <ref>[http://www.eol.org/pages/639844 Haematoxylum brasiletto H. Karst.] Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2011-08-21.</ref>
 
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[[File:Haematoxylum brasiletto MHNT.BOT.2009.17.25.jpg|thumb|''Haematoxylum brasiletto'' - [[MHNT]]]]
 
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'''''Haematoxylum brasiletto''''', or '''Mexican logwood''', is a species of tropical hardwood tree in the [[legume]] family, [[Fabaceae]]. It is known in its native Mexico and Guatemala as "palo de brasil" or "palo de tinto". The timber is used to make [[Bow (music)|bows]] for stringed instruments, the manufacture of dyes and in ethnobotany.<ref name=bo/>
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'''Palo de Brasil''' or '''Palo de Tinto''' (''Haematoxylum brasiletto'') is a tree whose wood is used as an herbal tea. The infusion in tap water is a deep red-magenta color, but it is a natural pH indicator and if lemon juice is added it will turn bright yellow. It's said to have anti-inflammatory properties and be good for digestive problems.
  
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==Description==
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Some chips were purchased from a Mexican grocery, labeled as "Palo de Brasil". The taste is very mild, almost non-existant.
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[[File:Haematoxylum brasiletto-flowers-leaves.jpg|thumb|left|Flowers and leaves]]
 
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''H. brasiletto'' is a small tree or large thorny shrub, seven to fifteen metres high. The trunk and larger branches are fluted and the heartwood is deep red. The tree has pinnate leaves with three pairs of heart-shaped leaflets and no terminal leaflet. The clusters of yellow flowers are typical of the [[Caesalpinioideae]], with five distinct lobes, and are followed by copper-coloured seed pods that split laterally when ripe, rather than at the edge. The seeds are black and kidney-shaped.<ref name=LB>[http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph4.htm Logwood and Brazilwood: Trees That Spawned 2 Nations] Retrieved 2011-08-21.</ref>
 
  
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==Distribution and habitat==
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''H. brasiletto'' occurs in [[Mexico]], [[Belize]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]] and [[Colombia]].<ref name=GRIN/> It grows in a range of habitats including deciduous tropical forests, xerophytic scrub and montane forests where it is associated with oak and pine.<ref name=BD>[http://www.medicinatradicionalmexicana.unam.mx/monografia.php?l=3&t=&id=7910 Palo de brasil] Biblioteca digital de la Medicina Tradicional Mexicana. Retrieved 2011-08-21</ref> It is found growing in desert scrub in Baja California in association with elephant trees (''[[Bursera microphylla]]''), the woodrose (''[[Merremia aurea]]'') and the large Cardón cactus (''[[Pachycereus pringlei]]'').<ref name=LB/>
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTrfGddJrQ Limonada Mágica]
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The wood of this tree is used in the making of [[Bow (music)|bows]] for stringed instruments.<ref name=bo>[http://www.wangbow.com/shop/ipe-carbon-fiber-pernambuco-ebony-fiberglass-ezp-22.html WangBow.] Retrieved 2011-08-21.</ref> The tree yields other valuable products and has been exported for several centuries. It was included in the ''London Pharmacopoeia of 1740'', which listed logwood tea as being effective against [[tuberculosis]] and [[dysentery]].<ref name=LB/> The heartwood is used to produce dye for wool and cotton cloth and a pink colouring used in pharmaceuticals and toothpaste. The pigments [[hematoxylin]] and [[hematein]] can be extracted and are complex phenols similar to [[bioflavonoid]]s. Extracts of hardwood chips are used as remedies by the [[Tarahumara people|Tarahumara]] Indians.<ref name=LB/> [[Ethnobotany|Ethnobotanical]] uses mentioned in "Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases" includes use as an [[astringent]], a [[dentifrice]], a [[refrigerant]], for treating [[Condyloma acuminata|condyloma]], [[erysipelas]], [[fever]], [[jaundice]], [[inflammation]] and stomach pain.<ref>[https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/ethnoPlants/show/3057 Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases] Retrieved 2011-08-21.</ref> An extract of boiled heartwood chips is reported to have [[antibiotic]] properties, to reduce fever, and to act as a tonic to strengthen the body.<ref name=BD/>
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 29 October 2018

Haematoxylum brasiletto
Haematoxylum brasiletto-trunk.jpg
Fluted trunk
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Haematoxylum
Species:
H. brasiletto
Binomial name
Haematoxylum brasiletto
H.Karst [1]
Synonyms

Haematoxylum boreale S. Watson

Haematoxylum brasiletto - MHNT

Palo de Brasil or Palo de Tinto (Haematoxylum brasiletto) is a tree whose wood is used as an herbal tea. The infusion in tap water is a deep red-magenta color, but it is a natural pH indicator and if lemon juice is added it will turn bright yellow. It's said to have anti-inflammatory properties and be good for digestive problems.

Some chips were purchased from a Mexican grocery, labeled as "Palo de Brasil". The taste is very mild, almost non-existant.

External links

References

  1. ↑ Haematoxylum brasiletto H. Karst. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2011-08-21.

Acknowledgements

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