CABALLERO ( CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA )
It is an upright, small and still tree reaching 1.5 to 5m high. It is fortified with
spines along the brushwood . The red and yellow flowers clusters are natural on fatal portions.
The important of the tree is Medicinal
The fresh leaves applied externally to relieve rheumatism, heated useful externally, remedy
abdomen
Decoction from the crushed is used as an emetic and believed to remedy for
dysentery.
Roots are diuretic and useful in cases of stone formation in the bladder,
The juice of the stalk and roasted fruit are used for the eye diseases.
The finely pulverized leaves are given as uterine tonic to women immediately after giving birth.