B. A. Krukoff | Botanical Collections

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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
Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NEIU Team

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Creator | Creator
Creator | Creator
Creator | Creator
Creator | Creator

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Current Determination: Erythrina coralloides DC.

Family: Fabaceae

Collector(s): B. A. Krukoff

Collection Date: 8 March 1970

Description: Uses: Leaf or fruit used to treat eye complaints; boiled leaves applied to insect bites; crushed fresh leaves poulticed on abscesses (Kunow 2003:121, 140). Boiled leaves eaten, or liquor drunk for the bite of an insect called xacat-be; leaf or fruit crushed and applied for eye complaints; crushed leaves poulticed on abscesses and ulcers; crushed fruit applied to skin for swollen arms, legs, and head (Roys 1931:230). Common names: Chac mol che (Kunow 2003:121). Chac-mol-che (Roys 1931:230).

Catalog Subset: Economic Botany

Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany, Veracruz

EMu IRN: 2114816

OccurenceID: f9c9754b-6b72-476c-b5a4-f0f5c7fbec6e

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