Picramnia antidesma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Picramniales
- Family
- Picramniaceae
- Genus
- Picramnia
- Species
- Picramnia antidesma
- Scientific Name
- Picramnia antidesma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Picramnia antidesma
Picramnia antidesma (also known as Chilillo, Majoe bitters, or Macary bitters) is a species of plant in the Picramniaceae family, native to Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles.
In his posthumously published work Hortus Americanus, surgeon and naturalist Henry Barham credits an "old negro woman," Majoe, with using the plant as a treatment for yaws and venereal disease. Barham describes seeing the plant growing near St. Jago de la Vega in Jamaica and its use among enslaved people in the area.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Picramnia antidesma
- Picramnia apetala
- Picramnia bullata
- Picramnia caracasana
- Picramnia ciliata
- Picramnia deflexa
- Picramnia dictyoneura
- Picramnia dolichobotrya
- Picramnia elliptica
- Picramnia emarginata
- Picramnia excelsa
- Picramnia ferrea
- Picramnia gracilis
- Picramnia grandifolia
- Picramnia guerrerensis
- Picramnia guianensis
- Picramnia hirsuta
- Picramnia juniniana
- Picramnia killipii
- Picramnia latifolia
- Picramnia longissima
- Picramnia macrocarpa
- Picramnia magnifolia
- Picramnia matudae
- Picramnia nuriensis
- Picramnia parvifolia
- Picramnia pentandra
- Picramnia polyantha
- Picramnia ramiflora
- Picramnia reticulata
- Picramnia sellowii
- Picramnia sphaerocarpa
- Picramnia spruceana
- Picramnia teapensis
- Picramnia thomasii
- Picramnia tumbesina
- Picramnia villosa
- Picramnia xalapensis





















































