Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb.

The New York Botanical Garden
Etbnobotany and Floristics of Belize Project
No. 15
Agavaceae
Sansevieria trifasciata Pram
det. D. E. Atha, 1999
Belize. Cayo District: Near San Ignacio Town, ca. 8km (by air) s.W.
of San Ignacio Town and ca. 3 km S of western Highway. West bank
of Macal River, Ix Chel Farm down hill from healers hut in
abandoned garden, ca. 17°06,.62"N, ca. 89°04’.38”W. ca. 250 m.
Succulent herb 1.5 m tall. Leaves variagated, lance shaped ending with
a sharp point. Spreading rhizomes. Cultivated.
Good for diabetes - wash «Hire leaf and mash it and soak 1 pound in 2
quarts of water in evening - take 4 ozs in morning and before bed.
Snake bites - wash leaf gently beat it, chew and swallow liquid - take
another piece pound it and tie it to wound. Dosen’t cure but alleviates
until further help found. Used mashed/pounded leaf and pulp on
wound and stop bleeding.
Polo Romero
with Todd Forrest & Benjamin Poulter
12	Apr 1999
Supported by the Edward John Noble Foundation
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