Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. When this source of 

 data is indicated in the text, the botanical institution is abbre- 

 viated as F, for the sake of brevity. 



NOTES ON STEIIA ETHNOBOTANY 



Stevia balansae Hieron. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 379. 1897. 



In the village of Nueva Colombia, near Asuncion, Paraguay, 

 the populace drink a decoction prepared from the roots of this 

 species, locally known as Charua kaa, in cases of diarrhea 

 (Soejarto et a!., 1983). 



Stevia bogotensis Tr. ex Cortes, Flora de Colombia 153. 1919. 



According to Cortes (not dated), a plant with this Latin 

 binomial, known locally as Jarilla and Eupatoria, is used in 

 Colombia as a febrifuge and diaphoretic. This same source indi- 

 cates that this information applies to other species of the genus 

 in the Bogota area of Colombia. Perez-Albelaez (1937) added 

 that this plant is used in the Yacopi region of Colombia as a 

 diaphoretic, and is known as Eupatoria, Clavito and Eupaloria, 

 ^ The Latin binomial S, bogotensis is not listed in Index 

 Kewensis (1895-1981) and elsewhere, and appers to be an 

 invalid name. Probably, it refers to Stevia lucida, which is com- 

 mon in the Bogota area (see below under S, lucida), but its 

 correct identity is obscure. 



Stevia caracasana DC, Prodr. 5: 121. 1836. 



According to von Reis Altschul (1973), a note on the label of 

 an herbarium specimen (Jahn 1098) collected in Venezuela in 

 1922, and identified as S. elongata HBK. var. caracasana (DC.) 

 B. L. Robins,, states that this plant is known as Molinillo. Gra- 

 shoff (1972), however, considered that this taxon is synonymous 

 with S, earacasana DC. 



Stevia cardiatica Perkins in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 221. 1913. 



This plant has been reported to be used in the treatment of 

 heart diseases (Robinson, 1932b; Cardenas, 1943). 



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