Scolopendrium officinarum Sw.

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • funded by Rob Gordon: Scolopendrium officinarum Sw., Lengua de Cervo, Mexico, F

    Description:
Current Determination: Scolopendrium officinarum Sw.
Family: Aspleniaceae
Coordinates: 19.1667 -101.833

Description: Leaves of a fern used in medecine as an astringent in hemorrhages and fluxes and as a demulcent in pectoral complaints. The leaves have a sweetish, mucilagnous and slightly astringent taste and a disagreeable oily odor, when crushed.
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
EMu IRN: 56048
OccurenceID: e686b195-e05e-4ed8-bda7-725837d723f1

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