Tamier

The common tamier , or grass with the beaten women , is a climbing plant wild, commune in Europe, Asia and in the North of the Africa.

Scientific name: '' Tamus communis '' L., but it is proposed to attach it to the close kind Dioscorea : Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin. Family Dioscoréacée S (Monocotylédone S).

Vernacular names: bleaches on grass with the beaten women, root of fire, grape of the devil, tamier, taminier, black vine; in: black bryony, all: Schwarze-Bryonia, it: vita will nera, cerasiola .

Description

It is a plant with Tige hail, voluble, being able to reach 3 m in height, with alternate sheets, in the shape of reversed heart, with the higher face luisante. They is long-lived thanks to its large noirâtre root, tuberous, which emits each year of new buds. The greenish flowers small and are joined together in bunches. The sexes are separate (dioïque Plante). The fruits are of small bay S reds, juicy, 12 mms in diameter.

Properties

This plant is rich in Saponoside S and contains crystals of Oxalate of calcium. The consumption of the fruits, or the tuber, can cause serious digestive disorders. Plant to regard as poison.

Use

The starts-up are sometimes consumed like asparaguses.

The root, whose pulp is rubéfiante and blistering, i.e. it causes bulbs on the skin, was employed in popular medicine to look after the contusions.

The root is toxic in dermatology

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