Raw Bonduc Nut

Asia and the Pacific Ocean islands Caesalpinia bonduc is an important medicinal plant as well, with largely similar uses as in Africa. Its stems are up to 15 m long, usually armed with robust prickles. Leaves alternate, bipinnately compound, with 6–11 pairs of pinnae; stipules pinnate or 3–5-lobed, up to 20 mm long; petiole and rachis 15–80 cm long; leaflets opposite, 6–9(–12) pairs per pinna, oblong, 2–4 cm × 1–2 cm, base rounded, apex rounded to acute, shortly hairy at least on midrib and margins. The inflorescence is a supra-axillary or terminal raceme or panicle 30–60 cm long, densely flowered.
 

Internal Benefits of Kalarchi Kaai (Bonduc Nut):-

• The root bark has been used for treating intestinal worms, fever, tumors, cough, amenorrhea, and to remove the placenta after childbirth.
• The fruit is used for eliminating piles, wounds, leucorrhea, and urinary disorders.
• Boiled leaves can be used for gargling to relieve a sore throat.
• The juice extract of the leaves is used in controlling elephantiasis and smallpox