I didnt know until recently that they have medicinal properties. You can unsubscribe at anytime. [31] (L.) Wight & Arn. Dry sandy soils in pinelands, hammocks and disturbed areas in south-eastern N. America[229]. In the U.S., it is thought to be native to southern Texas, southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, and southern California, but perhaps naturalized in southern Louisiana, coastal Mississippi, coastal Alabama, coastal Georgia, and southern Florida. pinetorum in 2002 by Clarke, Seigler and Ebinger (rendering the nominate form A.farnesiana subsp. Im a student from the Philippines and we are making a research about that tree its common name in our country is "aroma". [25] V.farnesiana has been used in Colombia to treat malaria, and in one in vitro study, an ethanol extract from the leaves showed some activity against the malarial pathogen Plasmodium falciparum with an IC50 value of 1 to 2microgram/millilitre (as did almost everything tested), though it showed no activity in animal models or a ferriprotoporphyrin biomineralization inhibition test. I love a tree that is a bit different from our normal maples. Researching the historical and medicinal uses, I found quite a bit. Aldini included an illustration of the plant, which he contrasted with an illustration of the first known Acacia; Acacia nilotica. The specific name farnesiana honors Odoardo Farnese (15731626) of the notable Italian Farnese family, which after 1550, under the patronage of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, maintained some of the first private European botanical gardens in Rome, the Farnese Gardens, in the 16th and 17th centuries. The method also is commonly referred to as a low-volume, basal stem treatment. It was first described by Europeans in 1625 by Tobias Aldini from plants grown from seed collected in Santo Domingo, in what is now the Dominican Republic. Native Colombians use the bark in baths as a treatment for typhoid. A. Happy Monday to you! trol huisache, depending upon the tree shape. New name not withstanding, huisache has been called an acacia for so long that many will likely continue to remember it as such. ]. As an example, much of Houston contains clay soils that do not drain well. // -->