E. Ucán E. | Botanical Collections

Creator(s):

Creator role(s):

Current Determination: Psidium sartorianum (O. Berg) Nied.

Family: Myrtaceae

Coordinates: 20.8625 -88.1469

Elevation: 22

Habitat/Microhabitat: deciduous, secondary forest; red rocky soil

Collector(s): E. Ucán E.

Collection Date: 13 August 1985

Description: Uses: Medicinal, comestible (voucher). Leaf, toasted till soft and then boiled for a tea, is used for granos (pimples and point skin infections). Mashed, the fruits are taken for dysentery, and the leaves and bark make a tea for the same. Leaves boiled with other things for wash for pasmo and for eye wash. Also used in alcohol as a rub (Anderson et al. 2003:198). En medicina como carminativo [Roys, 1931]; hemostatico, cicatrizante, y para tratar dolor de oído [Standley, 1930]; excremento con pus y sangre; para heridas; forrajera; comestible el fruto para pajaros; maderable; melífera (polen) (Arellano et al. 2003:452). Food, medicine, beverage, construction, tannin (Balick et al. 2000:98). Common names: Pich'iche' (voucher). Pichi'che' (wild guava), (Anderson 2003:198). Kabal sak loob che', x-pichi'che, guayabillo y pichiche, pichi-che, pichi' che' (Arellano et al. 2003:452). Arragon (Sin, Ver, Oax, Dgo), choquey (Guarigia, Chih), guallabillo (Gro), rayana (Oax), [Martinez, 1979] (Arellano et al. 2003:452). Half crown (Balick et al. 2000:98). Pichi che, guava tree (Bricker and Miram 2002:499).

Catalog Subset: Economic Botany

Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany

EMu IRN: 2789411

OccurenceID: 21698de3-79f6-4fa7-9fac-d0311f3a0121

Disclaimer: The Field Museum's online Botanical Collections Database may contain specimens and historical records that are culturally sensitive. Some records may also include offensive language. These records do not reflect the Field Museum’s current viewpoint but rather the social attitudes and circumstances of the time period when specimens were collected or cataloged.

We welcome feedback. The web database is not a complete record of the Museum’s botanical holdings, and documentation for specimens will vary due to when and how they were collected as well as how recently they were acquired. While efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information available on this website, some content may contain errors. We work with communities and stakeholders around the world to interpret the collections in order to promote a greater understanding of global heritage and, through consultation, will revise or remove information that is inaccurate or inappropriate. We encourage and welcome members of communities, scholars, and others to contact us to confirm or clarify data found here.