Picramnia antidesma (also known as Chilillo, Majoe bitters, or Macary bitters) is a species of plant in the Picramniaceae family, native to Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Picramniales |
| Family: | Picramniaceae |
| Genus: | Picramnia |
| Species: | P. antidesma
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| Binomial name | |
| Picramnia antidesma Sw.
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In his posthumously published work Hortus Americanus, surgeon and naturalist Henry Barham credits an "old negro woman," Majoe, with using the plant as a treatment for yaws and venereal disease. Barham describes seeing the plant growing near St. Jago de la Vega in Jamaica and its use among enslaved people in the area.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ Machuca Machuca, K.; Martínez Salas, E.; Samain, M.-S. (2022). "Picramnia antidesma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T205474470A205617360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T205474470A205617360.en.
- ^ a b "Natural History Museum: Slavery and the natural world". Natural History Museum. pp. chapter 8: page 7, chapter 10: pages 26–27.
- ^ "Picramnia antidesma Sw. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Barham, Henry (1794). Hortus Americanus : containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions of South-America and the West India Islands, and particularly of the island of Jamaica ... Kingston, Jamaica: printed and published by Alexander Aikman. p. 96.
Further reading
edit- Solis, Pablo N.; Gutierrez Ravelo, Angel; Gonzalez, Antonio G.; Gupta, Mahabir P.; Phillipson, J. David (1995). "Bioactive anthraquinone glycosides from Picramnia antidesma ssp. Fessonia". Phytochemistry. 38 (2): 477–480. Bibcode:1995PChem..38..477S. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(94)00598-N. ISSN 0031-9422. PMID 7772307.
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