Steinmetz:Tamarix

Tamarix indica (orientalis)

Also known as (or relevant to) Tamarix indica (orientalis) Tamarix africana Tamarix chinensis; tamarix gallica Tamarix germanica (Myricaria germanica) Family Tamaricaceae English Names Tamarisk Salt shrub Natural Habitat India Persia Asia Minor Arabia Afghanistan Africa China Europe Part(s) Used Gallae Manna Folia Lignum

Constituent(s) bark: tannin; leaf: tannin aesculin; Manna (a thick liquid containing glucose sugar laevolose dextrin) Action Manna: aperient expectorant astringent detergent; leaf: carminative diuretic astringent sudorific; bark: astringent diuretic sudorific; galls (which appear e.g. on the branches of Tamarix orientalis and are used in India in the place of oak galls): astringent