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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Picramnia antidesma
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©Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
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©Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, some rights reserved (CC-BY)
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Picramnia antidesma
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Picramnia antidesma
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Picramnia antidesma
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