M. Cházaro B. & A. Justo

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • Creator
  • Muntingia calabura L., M. Cházaro B. 1445, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Muntingia calabura L., M. Cházaro B. 1445, F
  • Muntingia calabura L., M. Cházaro B. 1445, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Muntingia calabura L., M. Cházaro B. 1445, F
Current Determination: Muntingia calabura L.
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Elevation: 100

Collector(s): M. Cházaro B. & A. Justo
Collection Date: 28 February 1981
Description: Uses: Los frutos son forraje para pajaros, murciélagos y demás mamiferos, incluyendo al hombre; ornamental y en medicina se considera que es antiespasmódico, antitusivo, y para tratar amenorreas, afecciones broncopleurales, diarrea, disentería, neuralgias, sarampión, manifestaciones cutáneas, viruela, clarificar la vista [Del Amo, 1979]; melífera (néctar y polen) (Arellano et al. 2003:240). Common Names: Capulín, chapulin, capulincillo (Arellano et al. 2003:239). Bisilana (Oax), cacanicua (Tab, Mich), capolin (Chis, Tab), capulin, capulin de mayo (Ver), carecillo, guinda (SLP), huizlan, la-in-no (Chontal, Oax), ma-lau (Chinanteco, Oax), mahun (Chinanteco, Oax), nigua (Ver), palman (Pue), pua (SLP), puan (Huasteco, SLP), pus (SLP), puyan (Totonaca, Ver), [Martinez, 1979] (Arellano et al. 2003:239).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2967828
OccurenceID: 17c46f54-6997-4451-ba97-89c4670df300

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