W. A. Schipp

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NEIU Team
Creator role(s):
  • Creator | Creator
  • Epiphyllum strictum (Lem.) Britton & Rose, Belize, W. A. Schipp 371, F

    Description:
Current Determination: Epiphyllum strictum (Lem.) Britton & Rose
Family: Cactaceae
Elevation: 61
Habitat/Microhabitat: in dense forest

Collector(s): W. A. Schipp
Collection Date: 3 September 1929
Description: Uses: Edible fruit (Atran 1993:Table 2). Heated branches are bound around broken bones (Morton 1981:605). Common names: Chik' ba'l B'ak' (Amiguet et al. 2005:Fig.6). Calienta el hueso, reina de la noche, Santa Rita, ticrebac (Morton 1981:605).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2114781
OccurenceID: ba52d29c-91c8-497e-bde7-2b5780b1a2ff

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