G. Carnevali & J. L. Tapia

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • Creator
  • Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm., Mexico, G. Carnevali 6264, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Creator: NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm., Mexico, G. Carnevali 6264, F
  • Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm., Mexico, G. Carnevali 6264, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Creator: NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm., Mexico, G. Carnevali 6264, F
Current Determination: Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm.
Family: Plantaginaceae
Coordinates: 21.3 -89.3328
Habitat/Microhabitat: low, deciduous forest, Cactaceae columns, shallow black, stony soil. Growing with: Bursera, Metopium, Gymnopodium, Croton, Pterocereus, Mammillaria, Cienfuegosia, Ipomoea, Tillandsia, Bakeridesia, Myrmecophila

Collector(s): G. Carnevali & J. L. Tapia
Collection Date: 8 November 2000
Description: Uses: Medicinal; para tratar la anemia, antimalarico, des6rdenes de bilis, cuerpo cortado, dolor de estómago, banos a parturientas, reumatismo, sabañón [Del Amo, 1979]; erupciónes [Roys, 1931]; calmante, dolor de muelas [Osado R., 1834] (Arellano et al. 2003:549). Common names: Scrop [Mendieta, 1981]; k'anchanxiw, nok'ak, x-akanlu'um, xnok'ak' [Barrera, 1976]; cholote (Ver), hoja de quebranto (Ver, Oax), [Martinez, 1979]; choteten (Ver), esperanza (Oax), malva de quebranto (Ver), quita-sabañon (Ver), roncador [Del Amo, 1979] (Arellano et al. 2003:549). Noc ac ('cloth vine') (Bricker and Miram 2002:495).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2114041
OccurenceID: 517fdfbb-f586-493e-ad19-a8ab76c3d94e

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