Bullace
By admin - April 23, 2010
Botanical: Prunus insititia (Linn.)
Family: Rosaceae N. O.
* Description
* Constituents
* Medicinal Action and Uses
— Synonyms — Bully-flower (for flowers). Bullies, Bolas, ingots and Wild Damson (for fruit).
(French) Sibarelles.
— — Parts Used fruit, wood and bark.
— Habitat — Common in England in the thickets, woods and hedges, though more rare in Scotland and probably not the wild north of the Forth and Clyde. Asian common in South-East and North and Central.
— Description — A large shrub, sometimes developing a small tree about 15 feet high. Looks like the Blackthorn or Sloe (Prunus spinosa), but it is less controversial and has a right, not twisted branches, covered with brown, not black bark, only some of the old ending in spines, the younger fluffy. He also leaves bigger than Blackthorn, downy below, alternate, finely toothed, short, downy petioles and flowers, white as the Blackthorn, but larger, broader petals, borne in clusters under overcrowded and not on the bare branches, but growing, just after the leaves have started to deploy.
The a globular, fleshy fruit, marked by a suture slight, usually a black skin, covered with a blue flower, and is similar to the apple, but more often an inch in diameter, falling from its weight, not to establish as the Sloe. Sometimes there are yellow varieties.
— Constituents — Volatile oil expressed from the seeds contains benzaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid. These substances are also present in young leaves and flowers.
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— Medicinal Action and Uses — The bark of the roots and branches is considerably hemostats. An infusion of flowers, with sugar added, was used as a mild purgative for children.
Wood, branches, fruit and whole plants are used throughout France for the same properties as those of the slope, whose bark is used as a febrifuge and gin, made from the fruit because of its astringency, as In a good remedy for diarrhea.
In this country, the fruits are gathered for ‘Bullace wine is made and in excellent pies and puddings and good retention is obtained by mixing the dough with three times its weight of sugar.
There are several varieties of Bullace in culture, and they often appear on the market as “Damsons. Both Bullace Damson and come from the same source P. domestica, the only difference being that the first is round and oval above. All Bullaces grown convey immense following items are most popular:
ROYAL BULLACE. Bur, 1 1 / 4 inch in diameter. Skin bright green grass, spotted with red on the side next to the sun and becomes yellowish green as it matures, with a thin gray bloom on the surface. Green flesh, separating from the stone, deeply flavored with a smooth enough to make a fruit pleasant end. Ripe in early October.
BULLACE WHITE. Fruit small, round. Pale skin a yellowish white, mottled with red next the sun. flesh firm, juicy, sub-acid, adhering to the stone, becoming sweetish when quite ripe in late October and early November. Often sold in London as “Damsons white.
BULLACE ESSEX. Skin green, becoming yellowish when ripe. juicy acid and not as much as the common Bullace. Ripens late October and early November. Fruit of an inch in diameter or larger, larger than the common white Bullace.
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