Aristolochia asclepiadifolia Brandegee
Descripción
Shrubs or lianas. Petioles subsessiles. Leaf blades elliptic to obovate, apex acuminate to apiculate, base auriculate or amplexicaul, 6.0–17.0(25.0) long 3.5–15.5 wide cm; pinnately veined, camptodromous. Flowers axillary, placed in racemose inflorescence or cauliflorous, rarely solitary; flower pedicels (peduncle) 0.5–6.0 cm long. Bract lanceolate-ovate to amplexicaul. Perianth 5.0–8.0 cm long; utricle ovoid to oblate; tube undefined bent and shape; limb trilobate, ovate to rhombic, emarginate at the apex, lobulate at the base; limb color not seen.A
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaE
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaF
Usos (notas)
Mexico: the roots and sometimes the stems are used in infusion or in alcohol to treat snakebites or dysentery; to treat hypoglycemic effects, stomach pain, vomiting, and black widow spider bites.A
Bibliografía
A. Paizanni Guillén, A. & D. Douterlungne Rotsaert 2023: Aristolochia spp. Aristolochiaceae. In: Casas A. et al. (eds.). Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico. Springer, pp. 1081–1137. – In: Casas A. et al. (eds.). Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Mexico. – Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77089-5_29-1