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Caesalpinia spinosa - Plant

It has an erect and slender trunk and it is rich in tannins. Seedpods yield a powder that is used as eyewash. The seeds endosperm is a source of gum used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in food.

Synonyms: Poinciana spinosa MOL., Caesalpinia pectinata CAV., C. , C. tinctoria HBK, tinctoria HBK, Tara spinosa, Tara tinctoria C. spinosa is in the family, depending on the classification system, the subfamily, and tribe.

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Caesalpinia spinosa Plant

Description for Caesalpinia spinosa

Plant height: 3 - 6 inches (7 - 16 cm)

Plant spread:

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C. spinosa typically grows 2–5 m tall, its bark is dark gray with scattered prickles and hairy twigs. Leaves are alternate, evergreen, lacking stipules, bipinnate, and lacking petiolar and rachis glands.

Leaves consist of 3-10 pairs of primary leaflets under 8 cm in length, and 5-7 pairs of subsessile elliptic secondary leaflets, each about 1.5–4 cm long. Inflorescences are 15–20 cm long terminal racemes, many flowered and covered in tiny hairs.

Common name(s): Tara (Quechua) Spiny holdback taya algarroba tanino

Flower colours: Flowers are yellow to orange with 6-7mm petals

Bloom time: Seasonal bloomer. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds

Max reachable height: C. spinosa typically grows 2-5 m tall

Difficulty to grow: easy to grow Generally resistant to most pathogens and pests, it will grow between 0 and 3,000 meters above sea level, tolerates dry climates and poor soils including those high in sand and rocks. To propagate, seeds must be scarified (pre-treated to break physical dormancy), and young plants should be transplanted to the field at 40 cm in height; trees begin to produce after 4–5 years. Mature pods are usually harvested by hand and typically sun dried before processing. If well irrigated, trees can continue to produce for another 80 years, though their highest production is between 15 and 65 years of age

Planting and care

A plant of higher elevations in the Andean mountains, it has been cultivated from the warm temperate to the very dry and seasonally wet tropics. It can grow in areas where the mean annual temperatures are within the range 14 - 28°c, and the mean annual rainfall is in the range 660 - 1,730mm.

Succeeds in full sun and partial sun. Prefers a pH in the range 6.8 - 7.5 A fast-growing plant.

Sunlight: Full Sun

Soil: can grow in poor soils including those high in sand and rocks.

Water: medium

Temperature: 30 degrees F

Fertilizer: Apply any organic fertilizer

Caring for Caesalpinia spinosa

Tender Moist soil Semi-shade full-sun

Harvesting they are introduced in drier parts. grows in the nearly rainless lomas or fog oases of coastal desert.

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Typical uses of Caesalpinia spinosa

Special features:

Its bark is dark gray with scattered prickles and hairy twigs. Leaves are alternate, evergreen, lacking stipules, bipinnate, and lacking petiolar and rachis glands. Leaves consist of 3-10 pairs of primary leaflets under 8 cm in length, and 5-7 pairs of subsessile elliptic secondary leaflets, each about 1.5–4 cm long. Inflorescences are 15–20 cm long terminal racemes, many flowered and covered in tiny hairs. Flowers are yellow to orange with 6-7mm petals; the lowest sepal is boat-shaped with many long marginal teeth; stamens are yellow, irregular in length and barely protruding. The fruit is a flat, oblong indehiscent pod, about 6–12 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, containing 4-7 round black seeds, and will redden when mature.

Culinary use: C. spinosa pods are an excellent source of environmentally friendly tannins (tara tannins) most commonly used in the manufacture of automotive and furniture leathers. Edible Use:The endosperm of the seed (22% of the total seed weight) yields a gum of commercial value. It is a white to yellowish powder and consists chiefly of galactomannan-type polysaccharides. The gum is used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in the food industry.

Ornamental use: It is also grown as an ornamental plant because of its large colorful flowers and pods.

Medicinal use: Medicinal uses include gargling infusions of the pods for inflamed tonsils or washing wounds; it is also used for fevers, colds and stomach aches. The tree can also be a source of lumber and firewood, and as a live fence. Water from boiled dried pods is also used to kill fleas and other insects.

The seeds can be used to produce black dye while dark blue dye can be obtained from the roots.

The powder contained within the seedpods is used as an eyewash.

References

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/caring-pride-barbados-plant-33515.html http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=e498 http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=17978

Reviews Montag, 25. November 2019

This plant is very easy to grow.

Roopam Shahi

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