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Santa Maria is a large tree up to 25cm in height, with four-angled stems, deeply furrowed and cracked bark, and sticky, yellow sap. The simple, oppositely arranged leaves havea finely veined, elliptic to ovate blade 10-25cm long. The flowers, arranged in short racemes are 15-30mm across and have four white petals, four similar white sepals, and numerous yellow stamens. The fruit of Santa Maria is globose or ovoid mostly 3-4cm across, green at maturity and containing a single oily seed enclosed within a hard, bony shell. The common names of Santa Maria, as well as commercial names, for these trees are:
* teitai (in Kiribati)
* Feta'u (in Tonga)
* Bintangor tree (in Malaysia) and
* Poon tree (in India),
* Guanandi, Jacareuba or Santa Maria (in Latin America).
Added by Annette 2 months ago
Conditions Treated: Skin and Hair
Specific Conditions Treated: Tinea Capitis
Ingredients Participating: Santa Maria
Tinea capitis is a disease caused by superficial fungal infection of the skin of the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes, with a propensity for attacking hair shafts and follicles. The ... more
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Conditions Treated: Skin and Hair
Specific Conditions Treated: Toe Nail Fungus
Ingredients Participating: Santa Maria
Onychomycosis or Toe Nail Infection means fungal infection of the nail It is the most common disease of the nails and constitutes about a half of all nail abnormalities. This condi... more
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Conditions Treated: Ear Nose and Throat
Specific Conditions Treated: Labyrinthitis
Ingredients Participating: Santa Maria
Labyrinthitis is an inflammation of the inner ear. It derives its name from the labyrinths that house the vestibular system (which sense changes in head position). Labyrinthitis ca... more
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Conditions Treated: Ear Nose and Throat
Specific Conditions Treated: Inner Ear Infection
Ingredients Participating: Santa Maria
Inner ear infection symptoms may become worse with any kind of head movement such as sitting up, looking upward, or rolling over in bed. At first, inner ear infection symptoms last... more
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Conditions Treated: Skin and Hair
Specific Conditions Treated: Tinea Barbae
Ingredients Participating: Santa Maria
A superficial fungal infection of the skin, affecting the bearded area of the face and neck, with swellings and marked crusting, often with itching, sometimes causes the hair to br... more
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