S. Darwin

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • Creator
  • Cedrela mexicana M. Roem., Mexico, S. Darwin 2296, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Cedrela mexicana M. Roem., Mexico, S. Darwin 2296, F
  • Cedrela mexicana M. Roem., Mexico, S. Darwin 2296, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Cedrela mexicana M. Roem., Mexico, S. Darwin 2296, F
Current Determination: Cedrela mexicana M. Roem.
Family: Meliaceae

Collector(s): S. Darwin
Collection Date: 27 September 1982
Description: Uses: Wood used to make furniture. Leaves boiled and the water used for bathing in cases of fever and malaria. Leaves are crushed and sniffed for nosebleed, especially in children. Sapwood, rasped, is used to make a tea for gas in stomach from incompatible foods. Root boiled with honey, used as tea or wash for common cold (Anderson et al. 2003:121). En medicina las hojas como abortive, para tratar desórdenes biliares, malviento [Del Amo, 1979]; antipirético, lavados de boca, bronquitis [Standley, 1930]; dolor de dientes, disentería, dolor de oído [Roys, 1931]; dolor de muelas [Andrews, 1979, Martinez, 1969, Standley, 1930]; es una de las mejores maderas preciosas del mundo al igual que la caoba, con amplio uso en la construcción de muebles; sus hojas son un insecticida natural (biocida) (Arellano et al. 2003:427). Construction, medicine, miscellaneous products, resin (Balick et al. 2000:117). Aroma of crushed leaves stops nosebleeds, resin used to treat earache, wood used for house and furniture construction (Kunow 2003:116). Common names: K'uj che', k'ul che', k'un che'; cedro (Anderson et al. 2003:307). K'uche', k'ul che' (Barrera, 1976); k'uj che', k'un che' (Arellano et al. 2003:427). Cedro [Barrera, 1976]; cedar, cedro colorado, cedro de la Habana, cedro real, noriten (Mich), torongil (Hgo, Mex), toronjillo (Mich), tzompili-huizpatli (Azteca), tzompilihuiz-xihuitl (Azteca), [Martinez, 1979] (Arellano et al. 2003:427). Cedar, cedro, cedro rojo, red cedar, Spanish cedar (Balick et al. 2000:117). Cedro (Kunow 2003:117).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2789567
OccurenceID: 66255405-2035-4592-8217-e4f2c899ea86

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