J. W. Stead & B. T. Styles

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
  • Cordia alliodora (Ruíz & Pav.) Oken, Guatemala, J. W. Stead 106, F

    Description:
  • Cordia alliodora (Ruíz & Pav.) Oken, Guatemala, J. W. Stead 106, F

    Description:
Current Determination: Cordia alliodora (Ruíz & Pav.) Oken
Family: Boraginaceae

Collector(s): J. W. Stead & B. T. Styles
Collection Date: 25 February 1977
Description: Uses: Good for charcoal; wash for skin disease; extremely fine wood similar to ciricote, used for handles or good quality lumber (Anderson et al. 2003:110, 113). Maderable y melífera (nectarífera); para leña (Arellano et al. 2003:77). Wood used as ceiling girders for fixing thatch (xa'an) (Atran 1993:Table 2). Miscellaneous products, medicine, construction, food, spice (Balick et al. 2000:129). Edible fruit; leaves used to scrub wood and wash dishes; wood excellent for furniture construction (Kunow 2003:118). Common names: Bakalche', bojum (Anderson et al. 2003:302). Bohom, bojón [Barrerra, 1976]; bojom, bojun, hormiguero (Arellano et al. 2003:77). Bojon, bajom, bohom, b'ojom (Atran 1993:Table 2). Bohun, laurel, laurel blanco, poma rosa, salmwood, samwood, suchah (Balick et al. 2000:129). Kop te (Kunow 2003:118).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2114737
OccurenceID: ff3f73bc-8946-4ba1-8c39-3df58f15ecf7

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