Todays wildcrafting harvest: a whole lot of Mimosa!

judsoncarroll4

I spent about an hour this afternoon "volunteering to help prune some trees" at a 300 year old cemetery in central NC... it was 90 degrees, but I enjoyed it. There were even some ripe blackberries growing nearby. Mimosa flowers, leaves, stems and bark are very useful herbally - they reduce mast cells, which helps with allergies, and they slightly narcotic, reducing pain and relaxing muscles, and antispasmodic. I'll post a notice once I have them processed, dried and ready to sell in my ebay store. Mimosa is one of my favorite remedies, because the tincture has a sweet taste and smell, almost like watermelon... it actually makes a very enjoyable spritz or cocktail! I've read that the root bark can be processed into DMT, but I haven't messed with it.

jowitt.europe

@judsoncarroll4 very interesting. I have never ever done anything with mimosas. They do not grow here, but I can harvest some in Canary Islands. I have to read more about how to use them.

Lisa K

Wow really interesting @judsoncarroll4, I never knew that about mimosa and mine is large and needs some pruning! I will have to look into its uses and processing!

Torey

Mimosas definitely won't grow this far north.

Finding something that is going to be removed anyway is a great way to forage without having to worry about taking too much.

You make the tincture sound quite delicious as opposed to some of the really awful tasting herbal tinctures.

judsoncarroll4

Here i what Plants for A Future says about it. I got the info on allergies from Michael Moore.

http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/a/albizia-julibrissin%3Dmimosa.php

Lisa K

Very cool site, thanks @judsoncarroll4

shllnzl

Now you tell me! I had one for almost 30 years at my last house and had no idea it could help my allergies. I managed to keep the cicadas (yearly in this part of the world) from killing it.

Mimosas are beautiful but messy trees. Maybe if a spot opens up at this house...

water2world

@judsoncarroll4 Thanks----again, something I had no idea about! The only thing I remember about Mimosa trees is the mess! Now to look for one!

judsoncarroll4

If only I had filmed the last 4 hours or so of processing the mimosa and put it in time lapse. Lets just say that growing up shelling beans made me ideally suited to such work! I now have 2 bushels of leaves, tender stems and flowers drying.

Linda Bittle

We climbed a huge old Mimosa when I was a kid! It branched out in 2 directions, and could be a pirate ship or a Conestoga wagon!

Didn't know it was medicinal. But I sure loved the flowers. So exotic!

ltwickey

Outstanding news! Having just transplanted to northern AL, mimosa's are everywhere!! Weekend project coming up!! Can't wait to try the blooms in a tea!!

Thank you.

judsoncarroll4

I forgot to mention that dried mimosa blossoms are the very best flavoring for water kefir and kombucha - they are very sweet!

Megan Venturella

I just collected a quart of the blossoms and I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with it! I guess I should have collected leaves too. After reading this, I’ll make a tincture. Thanks!