H. H. Bartlett

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NEIU Team
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NEIU Team
Creator role(s):
  • Creator | Creator
  • Creator | Creator
  • Krugiodendron ferreum (Vahl) Urb., Guatemala, H. H. Bartlett 12421, F

    Description:
  • Krugiodendron ferreum (Vahl) Urb., Guatemala, H. H. Bartlett 12421, F

    Description:
Current Determination: Krugiodendron ferreum (Vahl) Urb.
Family: Rhamnaceae
Location: Guatemala: Petén
Locality: Uaxactun
Coordinates: 17.3936 -89.6336

Collector(s): H. H. Bartlett
Collection Date: 1 April 1931
Description: Uses: Maderable, los frutos son forraje para pajaros y monos (Arellano et al. 2003:513). Miscellaneous products, construction, medicine (Balick et al. 2000:111). Extremely hard wood used in ancient times for lintels; boiled leaves used as a poultice for pleurisy; decoction or infusion employed for asthma; crushed leaves and boiled root taken for dysentery; leaves crushed with chile for dysentery and blood in the urine; bark crushed in urine is a wash for ulcers; crushed root held in the mouth for toothache; bark said to be an astringent (Roys 1931:237). Common names: Chimtok', chintok, ch'intok' [Barrera, 1976] (Arellano et al. 2003:513). Axemaster, chimtoc, quebracho, quiebrahaca (Balick et al. 2000:111). Chimtok ('flint-capsule')(Roys 1931:237).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2114383
OccurenceID: 85844412-a9bf-499c-b6f7-69f706f2b951

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