Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan, Volume 1For 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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PHYTOLACCACEAE Pokeweed Family | 7 |
Foreword HENRY FIELD | 32 |
AIZOACEAE Carpet weed Family | 204 |
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15 cm long 20 cm long apex axillary Bahamas bark decoction base bathe BEJUCO boiled borne Botanical & Vernacular branches Brazil brown calyx clusters cm high cm long cm wide Colombia cont'd Costa Rica crushed Cuba Curaçao decoction is taken diarrhea Distribution Medicinal Distribution Native diuretic downy eaten Effects incl elliptic emmenagogue erect febrifuge fever Flowers are white Food Fruit glossy green Grows wild Guatemala hairy herb vendors HIERBA Indians infusion Jamaica juice lanceolate latex leaf axils leaf decoction leaflets leafy Leaves are alternate lobes Mexico Names Plant Description nate oblong Origin & Distribution ovate PALO Panama Peru petals plant decoction Plant Description Origin poulticed Properties & Effects racemes remedy root decoction Seed capsule shrub slender sold by herb southern Florida southern Mexico stalks stems sudorific tains taken to relieve thick thickets tion tips toothed toxicity tree Trinidad tropical Venezuela Vernacular Names Plant West Indies yellow YERBA Yucatan