Biology:Fridericia chica
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Fridericia chica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Bignoniaceae |
Genus: | Fridericia |
Species: | F. chica
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Binomial name | |
Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
References
- ↑ "Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann — The Plant List". http://theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-317403.
- ↑ Wood, James, ed (1907). "Chica". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
- ↑ "Chica (So. Amer.). A dye-stuff". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
Wikidata ☰ Q15549346 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridericia chica.
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