English: Lead Tree
Tagalog: Ipil-ipil
Small plant up to 8 m high; leaves alternate, twice compound, 15-25 cm, base of petiole enlarged; leaflets 9 to 18 pairs, 7 to 12 mm long, linear-oblong, unequilateral; flowering stalks axillary, 3.5 to 5 cm long; flowers in dense globule heads 2 to 3 cm in diameter, white; fruit a pod, strap-shaped, flattened, 12 to 18 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, papery, green turning brown and splits open along two edges when mature, several fruits develop from each flower head; seeds obovate, 5 to 8 mm long, 3 to 5 mm wide, shiny, brown.
Constituents:
Fat, 8.68%; crude fiber, 22.59%; nitrogen-free material other than fiber, 9.78%; nitrogen, 6.42%; sucrose; water, 14.8%; ash, 4.2%.
Medicinal Uses:
Intestinal parasitism: ascaris and trichinosis.
Adults: 1 teaspoon of powdered dried seeds, alone or mixed with condensed milk and followed by half a glass of water, taken as a single dose 2 hours after a meal; repeated after one week as needed.
Children: 7-8 years old: 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon; 9-12 years old: 1/2 to 2/3 teaspoon.
Adverse effects: Abdominal pain, diarrhea.
Recent Studies and Uses
R&D on seed gum for a pharmaceutical substitute for the imported guar gum used as a binder in tablet formulation. In 1996, ipil-ipil was found to be an excellent liquid excipient as a suspending and thickening agent.
could you put how the ipil ipil leaves become a mosquito coil and its process,its what i’m searching for.thank you
mmm..i just like to ask,what are the components of the seeds that are able to get rid of ascaris.??
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what is the component of ipil-ipil leaves that can make the floor waxy?
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nakagagamot ba ang ipil ipl sa pagtatae ng baboy at pwede b itong gamiring pampurga?
hi there!! how effective ipil-ipil was?
we are doing our feasibility study and we are trying to research the viability of ipil ipil into coffee..do you have studies about this?
we are doing an investigatory project about the effectivity of ipil ipil as intestinal parasitism cleansing agent, is this really an effective herbal medicine for this sickness?
is ipil-ipil seeds are really poisonous?
thank you very much for this article it helps a lot for my research papers
can you pls include the history of ipil ipil tree.
What are the parts of leaf of an ipil ipil tree? I reallly need it.. thank you.
what kind of ipil-ipil parts that can make the floor wax shiny?
ipil-ipil can be used as dewormer for chicken?