Maakia Amur

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Maakia Amur is one of the plants in the legume family, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Maackia amurensis Rupr. et Maxim. As for the name of the Amur Maakia family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Fabaceae Lindl. (Leguminosae Juss.).

Description of the Amur maakia

Maakia Amur is a tree whose height will fluctuate between ten and twenty-five meters, and its age can reach about two hundred to five hundred years. In diameter, the size of this plant will be about forty centimeters. Maakia Amur will be endowed with a rather dense crown and a straight trunk, which will be covered with a shiny and sometimes lagging crown, painted in light brown tones. It is noteworthy that these plants can also be a shrub, the height of which is one and a half to five meters.

The lentils of this plant will be warty, they will gather together in several pieces. Adult leaves of Amur Maakia will be pinnate, their length is about ten to thirty centimeters, they are endowed with three pairs of leaves. The leaves of this plant are ovoid, on top they are painted in dark green tones, and on the bottom they will be light green. The inflorescence of Maakia Amur is a dense brush, its length will be about fifteen to eighteen centimeters. The flowers of this plant will be on short pedicels, the length of which will be about three millimeters. The calyx consists of five sepals, while the upper two will be fused into one. The petals of the Amur Maakia are painted in white tones, their length is about ten to eleven millimeters, and the width is six millimeters. The beans are flat, they have three longitudinal ribs that run along the top edge, and they are colored dark brown.

The flowering of the Amur maakia occurs in July, and fruiting will take place in September. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in all regions of the Far East, with the exception of only Sakhalin and Kamchatka. For the growth of Maakia Amur prefers the banks of rivers, forests, edges, hills, plateaus, places among shrubs, meadow slopes, alluvial and deluvial rich soils. The plant is not only decorative, but also a very valuable honey plant.

Description of the medicinal properties of the Amur maakia

Maakia Amur is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the bast, bark and leaves of this plant. The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content in the composition of this plant of tannins, saponins, vitamin C and vitamin P, as well as the alkaloid lupanine and cytisine. As for traditional medicine, a decoction is quite widespread here, which is prepared on the basis of the bark of this plant. Such a decoction of the bark of Amur Maakia is recommended to be used as a pain reliever, and a decoction of the leaves and bark is used to treat tumors.

It should be noted that bast is part of a wound-healing ointment; with its powder, you can sprinkle deep wounds and ulcers that do not heal for a long time. Using freshly cut roots of Amur Maakia, it is recommended to rub calluses and warts.

It is noteworthy that the wood of this plant turns out to be very suitable for turning products, as well as for making curved furniture.

For the treatment of tumors, it is recommended to use a very effective remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take three tablespoons of dry crushed leaves of Amur Maakia in half liters of boiling water. This mixture should be infused for two to three hours, and then the mixture is filtered. Take the resulting product three times a day, one third of the glass.