Lycianthes ciliolata var. pratorum Bitter

Grown in greenhouse at UC Berkeley.
Harvested: 2-3- Y\°i3
A Revision of Lycianthes series Meizonodontae
(UC) UC Berkeley/ (XAL) Institute) de Ecologia, Xalapa
Lycianthes ciliolala (Mart. & Gal.) Bitter
Mexico: State of Oaxaca; Mpio. Tamazulapan?; Along hwy 175 between Miahuatlan and
Puerto Angel, ca. 12.6 rd mi SE of Miahuatlan. Near turnoff to town of San Andres Paxtla.
7500 ft.
Original vegetation is pine-oak forest, with Eupatorium, Penstemon, bracken fem, Geranium,
composites, mints, and Eryngium. Plants under trees in shallow drainages with rich litter layer.
Also in milpas and oldfields and along road to San Andres. Com close to being elote. Soil
orange-brown and clayey. Cultivated fields burned periodically. Plants common, but sporadic,
groups of plants occurring together. Perennial herb from storage root; fruit immature, green
with purple splotches, matured in paper bags after I picked them, turning dark purple. Plants in
forest with 1 or 2 fruit per plant, those along road with up to 4 fruit.
Informants Vicente Hernandez. Use: Edible fruit. Root used in tea for animals and people who
are constipated or have digestive troubles. Indigenous names: "chichi de perra"; also gave us a
Zapotec name that sounded like "guchimbleur"
Informant 2: 6 other people along the road to San Andres, Spanish speakers. Use: Edible fruit.
Weed of milpas. Indigenous name: Didn't know name. Not familiar with name "chichi de
perra."
Ellen Dean 294	18 Oct 1991
with Thomas Starbuck
Fieldwork supported by grants and fellowships from:
the National Science Foundation, Explorer's Club, Sigma Xi, Hardman Foundation, Tinker
Foundation, and UC Berkeley
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