C. Chan

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
  • Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg., Mexico, C. Chan 6061, F

    Description:
  • Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg., Mexico, C. Chan 6061, F

    Description:
Current Determination: Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg.
Family: Rhamnaceae
Coordinates: 18.0528 -91.925
Elevation: 5
Habitat/Microhabitat: secondary ruderal; brown, moist soil.

Collector(s): C. Chan
Collection Date: 28 January 1986
Description: Uses: Para leña; paste para cerca; en cercas vivas y rnelifera (nectar) (Arellano et al. 2003:509). Bark and fermented drink made from same as tonic and remedy for indigestion; decodtion put in baths to reduce fever, applied to hemorrhoids, and on boils; drunk by men as treatment for gonorrhea; decoction of wood and leaves together as treatment for rheumatism; seeds made into necklaces; wood used for posts and construction; leaves and bark make a soaplike lather when rubbed in water, used for washing hands and clothing (Morton 1981:496-497). Common names: Pimienta de monte (voucher). Xlu'um che', pimienta de monte, pimienta che (Arellano et al. 2003:509). Abejuelo, abelluello, abeyuelo, achiotillo, bijaguara, birijagua, bitters, blackbead tree, black velvet, bois de fer, bois fer blanc, bois mabi, bois pele, cascalata, chaquira, chaquirio, coffee coubrina, common snakebark, corazon de paloma, costex, coxte, cuerno de buey, fuego, greenheart, guayabillo, mabi, mabie, mountain ebony, nakedwood, pimienta-che, quitaran, scrubbing bush, snakewood, soap bush, soap tree, soapwood, wild ebony (Morton 1981:496-497).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2114389
OccurenceID: 44672626-158a-4aee-9db5-27777ff02fdd

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