TRAMIL program

TRAMIL is and investigation project applied to the popular traditional medicine of Haiti, Dominican Republic and of other Caribbean countries. It was born out of a common effort from enda-caribbean, the Laboratory of the Natural Substances of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Port-au-Prince, the Federation of Rural Associations of Zambrana-Chacuey, Dominican Republic, and the clinic SOE of Thomonde, in the Central plain of Haiti. It aims to improve and rationalize the popular medical practices based on the use of medicinal plants.

Andrographis paniculata

Very ramified herb, up to 50 cm in height. Ovate-lanceolate to elliptic leaves, 1.5 to 7 cm long and 1 to 2.5 cm wide, glabrous, pale green on the underside, 3 to 5 secondary veins on each side of the central nerve, entire margin, acute to short acuminate apex. Terminal inflorescences in panicles with secondary leaves; glabrous to sparsely pubescent rachis, triangular to subulate bracts. White flowers from 1.5 to 2 cm, with purple dots. Fruits in the form of an ellipsoid capsule, glabrous or pubescent with trichomes at the tip. Rugose seeds, from 2 to 1.5 mm.

Allium cepa

Bulbiferous herb with scales, dividing bulbs of up to 10 cm in diameter, tunicated. Basal leaves, up to 40 cm, hollow, semicircular in cross section. Scape of up to 60 cm in height. Abundant purple or almost white flowers, grouped in a large spherical umbel, with 2 to 3 bracts. Capsular fruit. Rarely produces seeds.

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