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124. Cahuayote. 



a. popuyo. 



b. Gonolobus niger (Cav.) R. Br. Determined by R. E. 

 Woodson, Jr. Monte vine ; sometimes cultivated in maize 

 field or garden. 



c. Fruit edible (p. 163). 



d. AM. 



Tree grown from seed 



125. Zapote prieto. 



a. sawal. 



b. Diospyros ebenaster Retz. 

 in maize field or garden. 



c. Edible fruit. 



d. MG. 



126. Unknown to informant. 



a. tantaj. 



b. Philodendron radiatum Schott. Monte plant. 



o. Root formerly used as coiled filler of carrying frame. 

 d. MG. 



127. Zapote domingo. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Mammea americana L. Grown from seed in maize 

 field or garden ; introduced ca. 1900. 



c. Fruit edible. 



d. MG. 



128. Papatla. 



a. Itakasakna ; staqatsekna; Itakatseakna (seakna, 

 pldtano). 



b. Heliconia schiedeana Kl. Wild along arroyo banks ; 

 sometimes grown from root stock. 



c. Leaves used to wrap piilacles (p. 154). Also used to 

 line and cover box in wbich maize seed is germinated. 



d. MG. 



129. Galdn. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Brunfelsia americana L. Cultivated in garden from 

 seed. 



c. Ornamental. 



d. Elena A. de Xochigua. 



130. Laurel bianco, 

 a. keska. 



6. Nectandra salicifolia (H. B. K.) Nees. Wild tree, 

 15 to 20 m. tall. 



c. Poles used for house walls. Favored support for 

 vanilla (MG), although capulin (No. 21) considered 

 better (PP). Used as altar decoration to assuage Vir- 

 gin's grief on Good Friday (FG). Of no medicinal use 

 (MG) ; tea of laurel bianco taken to relieve labor pains 

 (EX) (see e, below). 



d. MG, Pedro P€rez, Filiberta Gonzalez, Elena A. de 

 Xochigua. 



e. Confusion concerning medicinal properties; accord- 

 ing to MG, it is laurel amarillo (possibly No. 67) which is 

 used by parturient. 



131. Bejuco Colorado. 



a. slulu-mayak; slulumaiyak. 



b. Two specimens : one, Melloa populifolia ( DC. ) Bur. ; 

 the other, Melloa sp. Monte alto vine ; runs along ground, 



producing neither leaves nor flowers; or climbs, bearing 

 leaves and yellow blossoms. Former more useful : stem 

 longer and more pliable. 



c This liana an acceptable substitute for bejuco real 

 (No. 133) to lash roof frame, thatch, and wall poles. 

 Also used for woven filler of hanging frame, on which 

 provisions stored. 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 335. 



132. Zacual cimarrdn. 



a. kiwfpoka'; kiwipoke'. 



6. Enallagma sp. Small monte tree ; found chiefly along 

 arroyos. 



c. Fruit hollowed, dried, corked ; used as container for 

 gunpowder. 



d. MG. 



133. Bejuco real. 



a. liswilakat' ; liswilakat, liSwil tat. 



b. Cydista potosina (K. Schum. & Loes.) Loes. Monte 

 alto vine. 



c. The preferred lashing for house frame, thatch. 



d. MG. 



134. Acoyo bianco, 

 a. konsapu. 



6. Pothomorphe umbellata (L.) Miq. Volunteer along 

 trails, arroyo banks, and in maize field. Distinguished 

 from acoyo Colorado (No. 184) as being odorless and in- 

 edible. 



c. Remedy for swelling : leaf placed on baking plate or 

 directly on coals, made into ball, rubbed between hands, 

 then opened and spread on swelling. 



d. MG. 



e. See No. 72, same Spanish name, but pungent odor. 



135. See No. 84. 



136. Corddn de Jesiis. 



a. Unknown to informant. 



b. Specimen missing. 



o. Used to decorate altar. 

 d. MG. 



137. See No. 90. 



138. Cojdn de gato. 



a. kalusnankiwi. 



b. Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) Schum. Wild; found 

 in monte or abandoned maize fields. 



c. Used as roof poles for thatched house ; as support 

 for vanilla vine. 



d. MG. 



e. Not to be confused with other plants of same Spanish 

 name (Nos. 26, 173). 



139. Unknown to informant. 



a. kalgokes; kaX'sokes. 



b. Eryngmm deppeanum Schlecht. & Cham. Found 

 near patches of grass ; not a monte plant. 



c. Whooping cough remedy : root well boiled ; liquid 

 cooled and drunk. 



d. MG. 



