Bulnesia

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Noun1.Bulnesia - palo santo
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
bean-caper family, family Zygophyllaceae, Zygophyllaceae - small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
Bulnesia sarmienti, palo santo - South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense
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Hacia el oeste dominan especies xerofilas que forman bosques de "quebracho colorado santiagueno" (Shinopsis lorentzii (Griseb.), "quebracho blanco" y "palo santo" (Bulnesia sarmientoi Lorentz ex Griseb.).
Entre las mas utilizadas se resalta Bulnesia sarmientoi, es aprovechada por los Ayoreos para la elaboracion de diferentes tipos de artesanias (Schmeda-Hirschmann 1998) y es la que ocupa un lugar preponderante en la artesania popular.
Gran parte de las especies de los estratos inferiores son comunes en las dos subregiones mencionadas, y se citan entre ellas Prosopis nigra, Prosopis kuntzei, Ziziphus mistol, Cercidium praecox, Geoffroea decorticans, Bulnesia sarmientoi, Jodina rhombifolia, Porlieria microphylla, entre otras.
Otras palo santo Bulnesia sarmientoi quebracho blanco Aspidosperma-quebracho blanco sacha membrillo Capparis spp.
Las personas que deseaban conservar la herramienta por mas tiempo, la construian con una madera mas durable como la del "mbiyawita" ("duraznillo") Salta triflora; "iwopetai" ("algarrobo negro") Prosopis nigra o con el duramen del "wiraita" ("palo santo") Bulnesia sarmientoi. El "palo cavador" era utilizado para desenterrar organos subterraneos tales como raices o tuberculos comestibles.
Inhibition of respiratory activities in some of these microbial species was produced by the extracts of Astronium balansae, Geoffroea decorticans, Peltophorum dubium, Geoffroea spinosa, Lantana balansae, Prosopis kuntzei, Prosopis ruscifolia and Bulnesia sarmientoi, with minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ranging from 0.08 to 0.5 mg dry matter/ml.
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