Lycianthes moziniana (Dunal) Bitter

A Revision of Lycianthes series Meizonodontae
(UC) UC Berkeley/ (XAL) Institute de Ecologia, Xalapa
Lycianthes moziniana (Dunal) Bitter
Mexico: State of Hidalgo; Mpio. Acatlan; Small town of Los Reyes, ca. 9.0 rd mi from
Acatlan, along road to Huasca, NW of Tulancingo. 7200 ft. Originally oak woodland, now
mostly deforested and cultivated, with agave borders. Found in com fields with other weeds.
Soil of volcanic origin, red with high clay content. Uncommon, a few plants here and there.
Perennial herb, many branched from base, mostly decumbent here. Plants by roadside generally
broken off and sterile. Fruit olive green with black seeds when mature. Many fruit get partly
buried in soil.
Informant 1: Maria Ines Aguilar, child herding sheep. Use: Sweet edible fruit. Ripe when there
is elote in fields. Informant 2: Women at the market at Tulancingo. Use: Sweet edible fruit.
Not usually sold in market. Weed of com or wheat fields. Found in the barranca near San
Miguel Regia, in San Dionisio or El Susto. Indigenous name: "tlanoxtle"
Ellen Dean 259	21 Sept 1999
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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