Febrifugal
41Cocos nucifera — L. Coconut (E); Ogop (Cu); Palma de coco (Ch,S); Coco (S); Cocotero (S) . No palm is more useful and better known than the coconut, the money crop in San Blas, where it serves as well as a nickel in fiscal transactions. An acre of coconut… …
42Conocarpus erectus — L. Buttonwood (E); Mangle boton (P); Mangle marquito (CR); Mangle torcido (P); Zaragosa (P) . The latex is styptic, leaves febrifugal and root used to treat catarrh and gonorrhea. The wood is used for fuel and charcoal …
43Crateva Tapia — L. Estrella (P); Muneco (CR); Naranjillo (C); Naranjuelo (C); Palo de Guaco (P); Pepa de sabalo (C); Sorrocloco (C); Socorroclosa (C). The fruit, thoudh malodorous, is quite edible. The sap is caustic. Cataplasms of the leaves are used to remove… …
44Hedyosmum Mexicanum — Cordemoy. Almizcle (C); Colchon de pobre (C); Gallinazo (C); Granizo (C); Planta del soldado (C); Silvasilva (C); Vara blanca (CR). the fruit are edible. The leaves are used to make a tea or coffee substitute, and to flavor contraband liquor in… …
45Lantana Camara — L. Common lantana (E); Hierba de zorro (P); Pasarin (P); San Rafelito (P); Wild mint (J); Wild sage (J); Venturosa (C). The fruits, like those of Solanum nigrum, are reported both poisonous and edible. The leaves make a stimulant, diaphoretic,… …
46Momordica Charantia — L. Balsam pear (E); Balsamino (P); Sorosi (J); Sibicogen (C) (Fig. 201). Parboiled leaves are used as a vegetable, said to contain 4.5% protein. Green fruits are also used as a vegetable, but the seeds are reputedly poisonous. Nonetheless, the… …
47Ocimum Basilicum — L. Sweet basil (E); Albaca (CR,D); Albahaca (CR,CR/ROC); Albahaca fina (P); Pisep (Cu) . The edible mucilaginous seeds, soaked in water to make a beverage, are considered aphrodisiac, demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifugal, and stimulant,… …
48Picramnia Latifolia — Tul. Corajillo (CR). Leaves and bark of the honey tree are febrifugal …
49Pseudelephantopus Spicatus — Rohr. Canasacanga (Cu); Candeabsurguit (Cu); Chicoria (P); Escobillo blanco (P); Suelda con suelda (C). In Panama, it is used to make a febrifugal cough syrup; in San Blas, it is used for stomach aches. Elsewhere, the plant serves for venereal… …
50Rhizophora Mangle — L. Red mangrove (E); Ailikinnut (Cu); Mangle colorado (S) . the roots have served as famine food. The leaves make a tea. Dried fruits can be smoked like citgars. Dried leaves are also smoked in pipes. The wood is reported to burn green. Boiled… …
