Acrostichum aureum L.

  • Filed As

    Pteridaceae
    Acrostichum aureum L.

  • Collector(s)

    R. Arvigo 352 with P. Cocom, R. Cocom, H. Robinson & G. Shropshire, 26 Mar 1990

  • Location

    Belize. Belize. Belize City, Northern Highway, mile marker 1.

  • Habitat

    Growing in a swamp. Common.

  • Description

    Fern to 2m with woody root, sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 85387

    Occurrence ID: 36f2b7e8-ac32-40af-a7d5-7465d745815e

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. & Arvigo, Rosita. 2015. Messages from the gods: a guide to the useful plants of Belize. xii + 539 pp.
    Notes: p. 104
    LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014020343

  • Local Name

    helecho

  • Language
    Spanish
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Pteridophyta

  • Order

    Polypodiales

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • All Determinations

    Acrostichum aureum L. det J. T. Mickel, 1991

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Belize

  • State/Province

    Belize

  • Locality

    Belize City, Northern Highway, mile marker 1

  • Coordinates

    17.52, -88.2

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)

  • Level 3 Use

    Comestible

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Mental Effects/Disorders

  • Level 3 Use

    Antipsychotic

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Ethnobotany and Floristics of Belize Project
Acrostichum aureum L.
det. John T. Mickel, 1991
Belize District,
mile marker 1. 17°31'N
swamp.
"Fern" to 2m; root woody.
Belize City, Northern Highway,
88012'W. Growing in a
_____ Helecho ______
USE: Coiestible irhizoie). Do not eat «bole, but scrape and
clean "to get to sliiy part"
Antipsychotic Irts & rbizoie scrapings}. Give decoction
MCI Saiple codes: 352 lvs(Q€5S—1204-V); 352a root(Q65S-1205-1)
Rosita Arvigo 352	March 26, 1990
with R. Arvigoc P. Cocom, R. Cocom, H. Robinson,
and G. Shropshire
Supported by the national Cancer Institute, the U.S. Agency for
International Developient, and the Ketropolitan Life Foundation
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