R. S. Flores | Botanical Collections

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Current Determination: Eugenia foetida Pers.

Family: Myrtaceae

Location: Mexico: Yucatán

Locality: Progreso

Collector(s): R. S. Flores

Collection Date: 30 November 1932

Description: Uses: Bee plant, occasionally cut for poles (Anderson et al. 2003:209-210). En medicina las hojas para tratar el asma, tisis [Roys, 1931]; melífera (Arellano et al. 2003:449). Taken internally and employed as a bath, to cure phthisis and asthma (Roys 1931:305). Common Names: Sak loob, loob (Anderson et al. 2003:209). Sakloob, xhilnich' [Barrera, 1976]; jiri mich, sak loob, xjil nich, xjirinich; Yagalon (Oax) (Arellano et al. 2003:449). Zac-loob (Roys 1931:305).

Catalog Subset: Economic Botany

Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany

EMu IRN: 2970672

OccurenceID: 43a72af2-8dad-4078-8bc0-2a87c788b4c0

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