Maytenus buxifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb.

The Flora and Ethnobotany of Cat Island, Bahamas
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Species	Maytenus buxifolia	Au: (A. Rich.) Griseb.
Family	Celastraceae
Common Name Spoon Wood, Spoon Bush
Description	Tree with greenish-yellow flowers, and light gray bark. Leaves are
dark green.
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 Branches are boiled and the decoction taken for any kind of pain
(menstrual, back, stomach), taken for cough, TB, diarrhea, to cause an
abortion, improve appetite, some put in bush tea, and also use as bitters.
Collector(s) Laurel R. Richey
Collection No 99-416 Duplicates 5 Date June 9, 1999
Plants Dried Using a Kerosene Heater
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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