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TitlePiper darienense
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Rating2.5
VettedTrusted
Original URLhttps://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/29797719431_4238ac619a_o.jpg
Description
From Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia, the anesthetic leaves of this species were once chewed to alleviate toothache, and this gave it the name of Duelemeboca. Some of the native groups called it Kana and also used it as a fish poison. Photo from the Darien of Panama.
photographer<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/92252798@N07'>Dick Culbert</a>
providerFlickr Group
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith