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Eryngium foetidum

Scientific name: Eryngium foetidum L.
Botanical family: APIACEA

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Trinidad and Tobago:

  • chadwon beni
  • fit weed

Martinique:

  • chadwon beni
  • fit weed

Dominica:

  • chadwon beni
  • fit weed

Dominican Republic:

  • cilantro ancho
  • koulant

Honduras:

  • culantro

Costa Rica:

  • culantro de coyote
  • spirit weed

Haiti:

  • koulant

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Biennial, tap-rooted, pungent herb. Leaves forming a basal rosette, oblanceolate, serrate-dentate, 30 cm x 4 cm; inflorescence widely spreading from the main shoot; flower heads cylindrical ca 1.5 cm long, green, subtended by a whorl of 5- 6 unequal bracts; fruits scaly, ca 2 mm long.

Voucher(s)

Ocampo,5013,CR

Ochoa,280,HPMHV

Jiménez,125,JBSD

Delaigue,12,NHTT

Longuefosse&Nossin,16,HAVPM

Jean Pierre,105,SLNH


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

Disclaimer

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