Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan, Volume 2For review see: P. Wagenaar Hummelinck, in Succulenta, maandblad van de Nederlands-Belgische vereniging van liefhebbers van cactussen en andere vetplanten, jg. 63, no. 2 (febr. 1984); p.42. |
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15 cm long americana Annona apex Aristolochia Bahamas BEJUCO BLANCO boiled BOIS Borreria Botanical & Vernacular branches Brazil BUSH Cassia Chamaesyce CIMARRON Cissampelos clusters cm high cm long cm wide cont'd Cordia Costa Rica Croton Croton flavens Cuba CuraƧao decoction decoction is taken Distribution Medicinal diuretic downy dried drunk Effects incl Equisetum giganteum erect Eryngium foetidum Eupatorium febrifuge fever Figure FLOR Flowers are white Food fruit Grows wild Guatemala Guazuma ulmifolia hairy herb vendors HIERBA Hyptis infusion Jamaica Jatropha juice lanceolate Lantana leaf decoction leafy Leaves are alternate Leaves are opposite lobes Mentha mexicana oblong Ocimum officinalis Origin & Distribution ovate Panama Passiflora Pectis Peperomia Peru Phytochem plant decoction Plant Description Origin poulticed Properties & Effects remedy Salvia Scoparia dulcis seeds shrub Solanum Solanum americanum sold by herb Stachytarpheta stems taken to relieve tion toothed toxicity Trinidad tropical tubular Venezuela Vernacular Names WEED West Indies yellow Yucatan Zanthoxylum martinicense