DESCRIPTION: A shrub reaching 0.5-3.5 m in height. USE: The tender flowers and pods are consumed in stews. The wood is used as fuel, the roots, stems and leaves are used like dyes and the long branches in the fabric of baskets. The whole plant and leaves are used as medicine, against fever, typhoid, dysentery and gastric fevers. The plant is used as ground and wall protection and it is mentioned as an agroforestry species. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: mutuy, motoy, caper, chipe, pakte, sallihua, tankar, tanquish. FURTHER INF: The plant apparently native of the mountain ranges of Central America and Mexico. There it can be found in humid forest at 2700-3800 m in elevation. Often in humid gorges. The plant it does not support the frosts
when young. |
