TARA
This tree has assets and tannins that make it an industrial potential and doctor. Produces a paste that stabilizes food cure tonsillitis, fever, flu, heal wounds, prevents hair loss and is effective against insects.
It is basic ingredient for tanneries and dye. Peru is the largest producer and provides the market with 80% of natural tannins from this tree.
3000 years ago, the pre-Inca cultures used Tara pods which have a high percentage of tannin, beaten with iron, how black dye for dyeing clothes that still retain their color despite the passage of centuries.
Features
It is a small tree 2-3 meters high, can reach 12 meters at maturity.
The fruits are concourses and indehiscent pods orange 8 to 10 cm long and 2 cm wide, containing from 4 to 7 seed grains rounded 0.6 to 0.7 cm diameter edge.
Their habitat in Peru, is developed in the coastal hills and in the inter-dry valleys, between 1,000 and 3.100 meters above sea level, it is adapted to tropical and subtropical climates and various soil types ranging from sandy to stony, well-drained and dry.
Medicinal properties
Industrially it is integrated as part of the gastroenterological medicines to treat ulcers, healing, for their astringent, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antidiarrheal, antifungal, antibacterial, antiscorbutic, odontálgicos and anti-scours, more used those producing constriction and dryness being.
It is used very often in traditional medicine to relieve discomfort of the throat; sinusitis; and vaginal fungal infections; washing the inflamed eyes; chronic wounds in the decayed tooth; stomach pain; diarrhea; anger; rheumatism and cold; purifying cholesterol.
Tint: The tare is used as a mordant. Also, the pods are used to dye black and dark blue roots.
Tanning: For the high tannin content that have pods.
Tanino: It is an export product obtained from mature pods powder.
Tara gum: The endosperm of the seeds contain a gum which is used to emulsify and stabilize food.
Cosmetic: The decoction of the leaves is used to prevent hair loss.
Agroforestry: The tare is used as a hedge and for the management of volunteers.
Pesticide: The cooking water of dried pods is effective against insects.
Did you know ...?
It is a plant native to Peru used since pre-Hispanic times in folk or folk medicine and in recent years, as raw materials in the global market for food hydrocolloids.
It is useful for the production of hydrocolloids or gums, tannins and gallic acid, among others.
The sheath represents 62% of the weight of the fruit and which precisely has the highest concentration of tannin, between 40 and 60%, which are used in industry to manufacture various products, or directly in leather tanning, manufacture of plastics and adhesives, among others.
Traductor de Google para empresas:Google Translator Toolkit
