R. Tún Ortíz

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NEIU Team
  • 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
  • Creator | Creator
  • Ceratophytum tetragonolobum (Jacq.) Sprague & Sandwith, Guatemala, R. Tún Ortíz 993, F

    Description:
  • Ceratophytum tetragonolobum (Jacq.) Sprague & Sandwith, Guatemala, R. Tún Ortíz 993, F

    Description:
  • Ceratophytum tetragonolobum (Jacq.) Sprague & Sandwith, Guatemala, R. Tún Ortíz 993, F

    Description:
Current Determination: Ceratophytum tetragonolobum (Jacq.) Sprague & Sandwith
Family: Bignoniaceae
Habitat/Microhabitat: high forest

Collector(s): R. Tún Ortíz
Collection Date: 22 April 1970
Description: Uses: Used for tying timbers and making baskets (Anderson et al. 2003:108). El tallo para amarrar vigas, en medicina para la tos de los perros (Arellano et al. 2003:64). Medicine (Balick et al. 2000:139). Common names: Anik'ab, aanik'ab, sak ak' (Anderson et al. 2003:108, 301). X bilin kook, sak ak', xmaaskab toolok (Arellano et al. 2003:63). An-lol, duppy beans (Balick et al. 2000:139).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2114715
OccurenceID: 852abb6a-aabb-40e7-9402-b3a8921d71f7

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