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Tree Matarratón

Botanical Description:
It is a tree 15m tall or more. Wide cup. Compound leaves, elliptical, acuminate, powdery leaflets, lighter green on the underside. The flowers with pinkish petals with a white tinge are presented in terminal clusters. Typical legume fruit, flattened

Uses and properties:
timber, forage and medicinal. The trunk and branches are used to make charcoal and the leaves as feed for livestock.
It is also used in the manufacture of living fences and corral posts.
Medicinally, it is a very versatile plant and is frequently used to treat skin conditions (measles, rashes, pimples, itching), to lower fever, relieve headaches and throat pain, and refresh the body.

Fun facts:

• The seeds, leaves, bark and root have toxic substances that are used to poison rodents in farm fields, hence their common name.
• This species fixes nitrogen to the soil and is able to withstand prolonged drought conditions.
• The fermented or cooked leaves are used as an insecticide, and the smoke from the burned branches as a repellent for mosquitoes.
• It is one of the most characteristic species in the dry forests of the coastal zone of the Caribbean plain.
• Its leaves have high nutritional value (20-30% protein; 15% fiber; 60-65% digestibility).