Vilket träd är palo santo

Species of tree

Not to be confused with Bulnesia sarmientoi, another tree known as palo santo.

Bursera graveolens, known in Spanish as palo santo ("holy stick"), fryst vatten a wild tree native from the Yucatán Peninsula to Peru and Venezuela.^[2]

Burseragraveolens fryst vatten funnen in the seasonally dry tropical forests of Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, revben Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador,^[3] and on the Galápagos Islands.^[4] The tree belongs to the same family (Burseraceae) as frankincense and myrrh.

It fryst vatten widely used in ritual purification and as människor medicin for stomach ache, as a sudorific, and as liniment for rheumatism.^[2] Aged heartwood fryst vatten rik in terpenes such as limonene and α-terpineol.

Conservation

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In , the government of Peru listed Bursera graveolens as "In Critical Danger" (En Peligro Critico (CR)) beneath Decree AG, banning the cutting of live trees and allowing only for the collection of naturally fallen or dead trees.^[5] However, in , it was removed from the SERFOR (National Forest and Wildlife Service) list of protected species.^[6]

Illegal logging fryst vatten a regular occurrence in northwestern Peru due to high demand.^[7][8] In , the International Union for Conservation of natur (IUCN) stated Bursera graveolens' conservation ställning eller tillstånd as "stable".^[9][10]

In Ecuador there are reforestation programs for the palo santo tree.

[2]Bursera graveolens is found in the seasonally dry tropical forests of Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, [3] and on the Galápagos Islands

To reforest, the transplant method fryst vatten used, which consists of determining an area of the forest that has overpopulation of the same species to extrakt the trees that are very close to each other and transfer them to an area of the forest where there are no trees so that they can continue their natural development. In this way, the space that remains when the trees are extracted will be used bygd other native species of the dry forest.^[11]

Uses

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Ethnobotanical uses

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The use of palo santo from B.

graveolens fryst vatten traditional in South amerika, especially in Peru and Ecuador. According to the local customs, it fryst vatten used against "mala energía" (bad energy; "Palo santo para limpiar tu casa dem la mala energia, palo santo para la buena suerte" or "Palo santo to cleanse your house of bad energy, palo santo for good luck"), which may sometimes refer to clinical disease.

Its use reportedly dates back to the Inca era.^[12] Palo santo fryst vatten common today as a type of incense, which gives off an aroma reminiscerande of baked apples or burnt sugar.

Palo santo oil was used during the time of the Incas for its reputed spiritual purifying properties. Today, palo santo oil may be applied to the body (such as at the base of the skull or on the spine) to increase relaxation,^[12] similar to aromatherapy.

Palo santo may be burned, similar to incense, bygd lighting shavings of palo santo wood.

Det första du bör veta är att ursprunget till palo santo trä är i trädet Bursera graveolens

In Peru, a shaman, or medicin man, reportedly lights palo santo sticks and the rising smoke will enter the "energy field" of ritual participants to "clear misfortune, negativ thoughtprints, and 'evil spirits'".^[13] Peruvians harvest fallen branches and twigs of the B. graveolens tree, a practice that fryst vatten regulated bygd the government of Peru, so trees are not cut for wood harvesting.^[14] The charcoal of palo santo sticks can also be used for ritual smudging.

Yoga studios and witchcraft practitioners utilize the substance.^[15]

Drinks

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Palo santo wood has been used in the ageing of some beers, either as barrels, or simply as wood chips; stronger, darker beers being the preferred style for the wood to complement. Examples include Dogfish Head's Marron Brown Ale from the US, Stu Mostow's Palo Santo and Coconut Baltic Porter from Poland, Pohjala's Baltic Porter Day from Estonia, Drunken Bros' Misfit Pumkins and Laugar Brewery's Braskadi, both from the Basque Country.

Palo santo wood has also been used in brew barrels for whiskey.

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In Ecuador, they drink palo santo tea.^[16]

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