Thouinia discolor Griseb.

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The Flora and Ethnobotany of Cat Island, Bahamas
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Species	Thoninia discolor	Au: Griseb.
Family	Sapindaceae
Common Name 3 Finger
Description	'•ree w'fh 3-parted leaves (hence the common name). Specimens
with 3 samaras fused together = schizocarp.
Location/Habitat Port Howe, found on a trail that is off the main road (runs east), between
the end of Port Howe settlement and Greenwood Beach Resort, but closer
to the settlement. Disturbed scrubby-low dry evergreen forest/coppice.
Latitude	24°10’17"N	Longitude 75° 19'50” W
Uses/Comments Leaves arc put in a hat for headache. Limbs arc boiled and taken as a tea.
Often added in bush tea, which is taken for fertility, to strengthen the
system and back, as an aphrodisiac, etc.
Collector(s)	Laurel R. Richey
Collection No 99-418 Duplicates 5 Date June 9. 1999
Plants Dried I 'sing a Kerosene Heater
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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