W. A. Schipp

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • Creator
  • Sapindus saponaria L., Belize, W. A. Schipp 1122, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Sapindus saponaria L., Belize, W. A. Schipp 1122, F
  • Sapindus saponaria L., Belize, W. A. Schipp 1122, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Sapindus saponaria L., Belize, W. A. Schipp 1122, F
Current Determination: Sapindus saponaria L.
Family: Sapindaceae
Elevation: 76
Habitat/Microhabitat: river bank

Collector(s): W. A. Schipp
Collection Date: 24 February 1933
Description: Uses: Melífera el epicarpio del fruto, como detergente para lavar la ropa, la semilla para juego de canicas y para artesanías (collares) y ojos artificiales de animales (Arellano et al. 2003:540). Miscellaneous products, medicine, construction, poison, ritual, oil (Balick et al. 2000:115). Common names: Sibom, jaboncillo, jabonera, ts'ibuul, sibuul, sihun, subuul, ixihum, sibul, sihom, sihum, subul, x-ok'enkab [Barrera, 1976]; cibul o jaboncillo, subul, jaboncillo-sibul, tsibuul (Arellano et al. 2003:540). Guiril, jabón-che, mountain cherry, seahone-te, soap berry, soap seed, soap-seed tree, soap tree, zubul (Balick et al. 2000:115).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2114055
OccurenceID: f6c895f7-1d7b-4a19-88cb-20e88001a46d

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