Steinmetz:Quillaja

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Quillaja saponaria (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Rosaceae
English Names
  • Soap bark tree
  • Panama bark tree
Natural Habitat
  • South America (Chile
  • Peru
  • Bolivia)
Part(s) Used
  • Cortex Quillajae (the inner bark)
Constituent(s)
  • saponins (quillajic acid and quillaia-sapotoxin)
  • starch
  • oxalate of calcium
  • sucrose
  • bitter principle; the outer bark contains tannin and much colouring matter
  • but no saponins
  • and should be rejected
Action
  • expectorant
  • diuretic
  • detergent
  • sternutatory
  • toxic; used for washing clothes
  • shampoos
  • etc. In some countries the bark is employed in bronchitis
  • etc. and for foam formation in soft drinks and beer
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