You are here
Magnoliopsida
Begonia glabra Aubl.
EOL Text
The Mayna Jivaro of Peru apply crushed leaves to the gums to alleviate teething pain in children.
Isotype for Begonia scandens var. cordifolia C. DC.
Catalog Number: US 398746
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. F. Baker
Year Collected: 1903
Locality: Mombacho., Granada, Nicaragua, Central America
- Isotype: Candolle, A. C. P. de. 1908. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 8: 320.
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. Unless otherwise noted, this image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. |
Source | http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/botany/?irn=2089959 |
Contains lipophilic flavonoids.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
Leaf: For intestinal infections and stomach inflammations. The French Guiana Wayapi use the leaves to combat parasitic ankylostome larvae embedded interdigitally (between the toes) in children, by rubbing the infected area with Capsicum frutescens, and then using a hot foot-bath of Begonia glabra leaves in a decoction with Citrus aurantiifolia and Ocimum micranthum.
FG Creole: loseille-bois, salade tortue, salade toti.