Aristolochia impudica J.F. Ortega
Descripción
Shrub. Petioles 0.5–1.3 cm long. Leaf blades lanceolate, apex acuminate to acute, base rounded to obtuse, 15.0–26.5 long 4.5–9.0 wide cm; pinnately veined, camptodromous. Flowers cauliflorous, placed in panicle; flower pedicels 18.0–31.0 cm long. Bract triangular, deciduous, amplexicaul. Perianth 7.0–13.0 cm long; utricle ellipsoid; tube, undefined bent and shape; limb trilobate, triangular to ovate, close to the throat ampulliform, acute to obtuse at the apex, emarginate at the base; limb color vinaceous and the inferior lobe with white stains.A
Distribución
México (país) EndémicoA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Usos (notas)
Veracruz: the bark is used to treat stomach pain, roots in brandy against snakebites; to cure dizziness, colic, stomachache and heartache, the roots are scraped until powder, and the quantity that fits between two fingers is dissolved in half a liter of warm water, from which a quarter to half a cup is consumed until the aforementioned diseases are gone. 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