Accession #: 200700184
Accession Date: 2007-09-26
Common name: Gumbo-Limbo, Tourist Tree
Family: Burseraceae
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Country of Origin: Mexico - Chiapas/Oaxaca
Description:
Uses: The wood historically was used to make carousel horses in the United States. Commonly used as a windbreak in coastal areas as it is viewed as hurricane resistant. <P> WORLDWIDE ETHNOMEDICAL USES: Bahamas= for aches(back), debility, hunger, impotency, rashes, strains; as an aphrodisiac. Belize for colds, blood cleansing, fevers, flu, insect bites, measles, rashes, skin sores, sun stroke, sunburn, urinary tract infections. Dominican Republic for cystitis, intestinal problems, nephritis .Guatemala for aches(stomach), bite(snake), gangrene. Haiti as an antiseptic diuretic, insect repellant; for calculus, diarrhea, nephritis Sore, Vulnerary. Mexico for asthma, bite(snake), colic, dropsy, dysentery, enterorrhagia, fevers, stomachaches, swelling, venereal diseases, yellow fever; as an diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, purgative. Peru as an analgesic, blood purifier, diaphoretic, expectorant, insecticide; for rheumatism. Venezuela for cancer(stomach), corns, debility, hernia, rheumatism. Elsewhere for aches(stomach), muscle fatigue, obesity, renitis, rheumatism, tumors, venereal diseases, wounds<sup>1</sup>
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USDA Zone: 10b-11
Source: Doug Goldman - Harvard
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Prefers full sun, does not tolerate soggy feet.