Fridericia chica

Fridericia chica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Fridericia
Species:	F. chica
Binomial name
	Fridericia chica; (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann
Synonyms
	Adenocalymma portoricense A.Stahl ex Bello; Adenocalymma portoricensis A. Stahl; Arrabidaea acutifolia DC.; Arrabidaea chica (Bonpl.) Verl.; Arrabidaea chica var. acutifolia (DC.) Bureau; Arrabidaea chica var. angustifolia Bureau & K.Schum.; Arrabidaea chica var. cuprea Bureau & K.Schum.; Arrabidaea chica f. cuprea (Cham.) Sandwith; Arrabidaea chica var. thyrsoidea (DC.) Bureau; Arrabidaea cuprea Pittier; Arrabidaea cuprea (Cham.) Bornm.; Arrabidaea larensis Pittier; Arrabidaea rosea DC.; Bignonia chica Bonpl.; Bignonia cuprea Cham.; Bignonia cuprea var. grandiflora Cham.; Bignonia cuprea var. parviflora Cham.; Bignonia rosea DC.; Bignonia rubescens S.Moore; Bignonia rufescens DC.; Bignonia thyrsoidea DC.; Bignonia triphylla Willd. ex DC.; Lundia chica (Bonpl.) Seem.; Temnocydia carajura Mart. ex DC.; Vasconcellia acutifolia Mart. ex DC.;

Fridericia chica, the cricket-vine, puca panga, chica, carayurú (Spanish), carajuru or crajiru (Portuguese), is a medicinal plant in the family Bignoniaceae, also used for cosmetics. An orange-red dye called chica, crajiru or carayurú is obtained from boiling the leaves.^[2] It is used by some native South American peoples to stain the skin.^[3]

A Mura chief with his face painted with the chica dye

References

^ "Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
^ Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Chica" . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
^ "Chica (So. Amer.). A dye-stuff" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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[1] "Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

[2] Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Chica" . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

[NIE_Chica-3] "Chica (So. Amer.). A dye-stuff" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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Fridericia chica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Fridericia
Species:	F. chica
Binomial name
*Fridericia chica* (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann
Synonyms^[1]
Adenocalymma portoricense A.Stahl ex Bello Adenocalymma portoricensis A. Stahl Arrabidaea acutifolia DC. Arrabidaea chica (Bonpl.) Verl. Arrabidaea chica var. acutifolia (DC.) Bureau Arrabidaea chica var. angustifolia Bureau & K.Schum. Arrabidaea chica var. cuprea Bureau & K.Schum. Arrabidaea chica f. cuprea (Cham.) Sandwith Arrabidaea chica var. thyrsoidea (DC.) Bureau Arrabidaea cuprea Pittier Arrabidaea cuprea (Cham.) Bornm. Arrabidaea larensis Pittier Arrabidaea rosea DC. Bignonia chica Bonpl. Bignonia cuprea Cham. Bignonia cuprea var. grandiflora Cham. Bignonia cuprea var. parviflora Cham. Bignonia rosea DC. Bignonia rubescens S.Moore Bignonia rufescens DC. Bignonia thyrsoidea DC. Bignonia triphylla Willd. ex DC. Lundia chica (Bonpl.) Seem. Temnocydia carajura Mart. ex DC. Vasconcellia acutifolia Mart. ex DC.