Steinmetz:Piscidia

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Piscidia erythrina

Also known as (or relevant to) Piscidia erythrina Piscidia piscipula Erythrina corallodendron Family Leguminosae English Names Dogwood Jamaica Dogwood Coralshrub Mulungu Piscipula Natural Habitat West Indies tropical America especially Jamaica Part(s) Used Cortex radicis Erythrinae jamaicae (corallodendron) = Cortex radicis Piscidiae erythrinae

Constituent(s) piscidin saponin tannin resins piscidin-acid Action narcotic sedative antispasmodic cardiac-tonic soporific. diuretic anodyne; used in Jamaica as a fish poison