Pygeum is an evergreen tree native to higher elevations of southern Africa (150 ft (46 m) tall). Pygeum is a herbal remedy containing extracts from the bark of Prunus African. It is used to alleviate some of the discomfort caused by inflammation in patients suffering from benigan prostatic hyperplasia ( enlarged prostate). Bark extract is marketed under the brandnames of Pygenil in Italy and Tadenan in France and used commonly in its natural forms in traditional African medicine. The bark is black to brown, corrugated or fissured and scaly, fissuring in a characteristic rectangular pattern. The leaves are alternate, simple, long (8 -20 cm.), elliptic, bluntly or acutely pointed, glabrous and dark green above, pale green below, with mildly serrate margins. The flowers are androgynous, 10-20 stamens, insect -pollinated, 3-8 cm.,greenish white or buff, and are distributed in 70 - mm axillary racemes. The fruit is red to brown, 7 -13 mm., wider than long, two-lobed with a seed in each lobe. The tree's bark contains an oil with many active ingredients; waxes, fatty acids, and other less familiar compounds. Pygeum's principal biological activity is traced to a "phytosterol" compound known as beta -sitosterol.
Product Details - Botanical Name: Prunus africana
- Family Name: Rosacea
- Common Names: African plum tree, Red Stinkwood,
Iron Wood, African Plum, Bitter Almond - Part Used: Bark
- Habitat: evergreen tree native to higher elevations of southern Africa
- Product offered: Bark, Extract
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