Monnina salicifolia R. et P. Syst. (1798) 172. 
(hacchiquies; pahuata-huinac, which means “growing at night”) 
Women prepare from this plant a hair wash and believe that it 
stimulates exuberant growth of the hair. The saponaceous 
constituents free the scalp from dandruff and the hair from oils. 
The roots are very bitter and have a much higher saponine 
content that the rest of the plant. “Excellent medicinal virtues, 
especially for treating dysenteries, reside in these roots, which 
have virtues not inferior to those of simarouba or Quassia divica 
or even those of Quassia Amara.” 
EUPHORBIACEAE 
Croton ciliatum nom. nud. 
(huanarpo macho; higos del duende) 
The natives assert that an infusion of the root of this milky 
plant is a strong aphrodisiac. They also claim that an infusion of 
the huanarpo hembra is its antidote. There is no difference 
between these two plants, except that the former has red flowers, 
the latter white ones. 
Croton gummiferus A. Cunn. ex PI. in Hooker, Lond. Journ. Bot. 
4 (1845) 473. 
(Cited in the Relacion as Croton gummiferum.) 
(sangre de drago) 
“The taste, colour and astringency of the gum-resin are 
such as would recommend its use in medicine.” 
Jatropha aphrodisiaca nom. nud. 
[This plant is probably Jatropha ciliata Muell.—Arg. in 
Linnaea 34 (1865) 209.] 
(simayuca) 
The Indians believe that the root has aphriodisiac properties. 
Euphorbia Peplus L. Sp. Pl. (1753) 455. 
[Cited in the Relacion as “Euphorbia Peplis? Linn.?”] 
(yerba de la golondrina) 
The latex is used in the belief that it cures cataracts of the eye. 
Euphorbia tuberosa L. Sp. PI. (1753) 456. 
[The plant is probably Euphorbia Huanchahana (KI. et Gke.) 
Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2 (1862) 103.] 
(huachanccana) 
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