Michael D. Pirie, Lars W. Chatrou, Paul J. M. Maas
Phytokeys
Figure 4.
Distribution map of Cremastosperma showing the four disjunct areas of the distribution: 1 the Chocó/Darién/western Ecuador region north into Central America 2 the tropical Andes (including a rough demarcation between areas occupied by northern/lowland and southern/montane clades) 3 coastal Venezuela 4 French Guiana.
to 6 m, stems green; peduncle green, calyx pale green, corolla white, anthers and style white, dtrongly fragrant Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
Khler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erluterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Khler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303224
From Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia, the anesthetic leaves of this species were once chewed to alleviate toothache, and this gave it the name of Duelemeboca. Some of the native groups called it Kana and also used it as a fish poison. Photo from the Darien of Panama.
Alaala wai nui or Arid-land peperomiaPiperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians produced from the leaves and stems of Peperomia spp. a rich gray green dye called ahiahia, or puahia, made from the ashes was used for dying kapa (tapa) by the early Hawaiians.Medicinally, the juice was used as a tonic and for inner ear disorders. Various parts of the plants with other ingredients were used orally for fetid vaginal discharge, debilitating consumption, relapse after recovery from illness, severe asthma, and possibly for various stages of appendicitis.NPH00005nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Peperomia_blanda_flori...
Indiana's State Tree. I don't remember ever seeing one of these trees before our visit to Indiana last weekend. And now we are moving there in a couple of weeks.