The efficacy and function of black olive bark

In daily life, people are not only very familiar with various foods, but also come into contact with a lot of medicines in daily life. Among them, the bark of the black olive tree is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. Given that there are still many people who don’t know much about the bark of the black olive tree, let’s take a detailed look at it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The bark of Canarium pimela Leenh., a plant of the Oleaceae family.

[Original form] Black olive is a large evergreen tree, 10-16m tall. A sticky aromatic resin. The bark is gray-brown and smooth; the twigs are brown-green and glabrous. Odd-pinnate compound leaves are alternate, 30-65cm long; there are 15-21 leaflets, leathery, oblong to ovate-elliptical, 5-15cm long, 3.5-7cm wide, gradually pointed or acute at the apex, oblique at the base, entire, shiny and glabrous above, smooth below; reticulate veins are obvious on both sides. Flowers are bisexual or unisexual and bisexual flowers coexist; inflorescences are axillary, loose thyrses, longer than compound leaves; calyx is cup-shaped, 3-5-lobed, about 2.5mm long in male flowers and 3.5-4mm long in female flowers; petals are about 8mm long in female flowers; stamens are 6, attached to the edge of the disk, not longer than the corolla; pistils are glabrous, absent in male flowers, ovary superior, usually 3-chambered. The drupe is ovate to elliptical, slightly triangular, 3.5-4.5cm long, 1.5-2cm wide, purple-black when ripe, with a smooth surface, wooden core, blunt at both ends, and 1-2 seeds inside; it is not certain whether it is moderately degenerate. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from May to November.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in plains, hills and mountain mixed woods at an altitude of 540-1280m, often cultivated.

【Nature and flavor】 slightly bitter; astringent; cool

【Functions and indications】Hemostasis. Internal injury, vomiting blood

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-30g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Having said so much, we can see that the bark of the black olive tree has many uses. It can also be used as medicine to treat diseases. You might as well know more about these, it will be helpful in your life.