J. A. Steyermark

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NEIU Team
Creator role(s):
  • Creator | Creator
  • Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia Jacq., Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 41759, F

    Description:
Current Determination: Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia Jacq.
Family: Apocynaceae
Elevation: 50

Collector(s): J. A. Steyermark
Collection Date: 24 December 1941
Description: Uses: Sap used to cure stomach troubles (voucher). Sap put on the bite of one kind of biting fly, and on sores in corners of mouth; sap, or leaf crushed and heated with some salt, used on an inflamed rash of the head; boiled for wash for granos (Anderson et al. 2003:233). Para lavar; para hacer resoreras; en medicina, la resina para tratar heridas (Arellano et al. 2003:41). Common names: Palo de mico (voucher). Utsu' peek' ('smell of a dog,' Anderson et al. 2003:232, 300). Chutsun pek', mejen utsub pek', utsop pek', utsun pek', cojón de taro, jazmín de perro, uts' uts' pek', uuts' , pek', uuts'un pek', uuts'u pek', x-utsumpek, utsumpek, uuts'up pek (Arellano et al. 2003:40-41).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2115221
OccurenceID: 3a09828a-0383-430f-b324-8cc0015e310f

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