"Katuray" is a tall flowering tree with bean-like fruits. It grows almost everywhere especially in the lowlands of Luzon and Mindanao in the Philippines but the origin of this tree may be from neighboring Southeast Asia or Australia.
The flower is often cooked as a vegetable as well as its fruits. As a tree, it also gives ample shade that's why it is also a good idea to grow it on your lawn. Most of all it is an effective herbal medicine that is very effective in helping to cure many health issues.
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It also has many nutrients and substances that are beneficial to human health.
The bark of the tree contains tannin and gum.
You can also obtain saponin and sesbanimide from the seeds.
The bark of the tree contains tannin and gum.
You can also obtain saponin and sesbanimide from the seeds.
Flowers contain protein, tannins, oleanolic acid, kaempferol, cystine, isoleucine, asparagine, phenylalanine, valine, nicotinic acid, and also vitamins B and C. It also has carbohydrates, saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, and glycosides. Minerals like calcium and iron are also present in a katuray plant.
The Bark.
Leaves.
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Aside from being used as food, the different parts of this plant can also be used as a medicine.
The Roots
The Roots
Juice the roots and mix it with honey to drink.
It can cure a cough with phlegm or even cough associated with phlegm with spots of blood in it.
The Bark.
The bark can be boiled to make a tea and give it to an ailing patient.
It can cure chickenpox or smallpox.
Leaves.
Crushed or minced katuray leaves is given as a patch for people suffering from itchy scabies.
It can also be boiled and drink as a remedy for constipation and difficulty in bowel excretion.
Drinking the juice from flowers and leaves can cure a runny nose due to severe colds.
Flowers.
It is usually squeezed for its juice or consumed as is.
This article is filed under: Herbal Plants, Medicinal Plants, Health, Herbal Medicine, Medicinal Plants And Their Uses