About Erythrina mulungu Mart. ex Benth.
Erythrina mulungu Mart. ex Benth. is a tree that can grow up to 15 meters tall. Multiple Erythrina tree species are used as medicines, insecticides, and fish poisons by indigenous peoples living in the Amazon. In Brazilian traditional medicine, tinctures and decoctions prepared from the leaves or bark of this mulungu tree are commonly used as a sedative, to calm an overexcited nervous system, lower blood pressure, and treat insomnia and depression. Commercial mulungu preparations are sold in Brazilian drugstores. However, it is not widely known in North America, and is almost completely unknown in Europe, where it mostly appears only as an ingredient in a small number of herbal formulas for anxiety or depression.
