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Table 5 Main plants used during limpia in the Saraguro community

From: Traditional medicine applied by the Saraguro yachakkuna: a preliminary approach to the use of sacred and psychoactive plant species in the southern region of Ecuador

Common name

Scientific name

Species voucher

Part used

Santa María silvestre

Diplostephium macrocephalum S.F. Blake

PPN-pi-009

The entire plant

ASTERACEAE

Santa María de huerta

Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch. Bip.

PPN-pi-014

The entire plant

ASTERACEAE

Poleo

Minthostachys mollis (Kunth) Griseb.

PPN-pi-007

The entire plant

LAMIACEAE

Poleo de llano

Clinopodium sp.

PPN-pi-004

The entire plant

LAMIACEAE

Shuyu rosas de cerro

Eryngium humile Cav.

PPN-pi-013

The entire plant

APIACEAE

Laurel grande

Myrica parvifolia Benth.

PPN-pi-015

Blooming branches

MYRICACEAE

Romero

Rosmarinus officinalis L.

PPN-pi-019

Branches

LAMIACEAE

Ruda

Ruta graveolens L.

PPN-pi-010

The entire plant.

RUTACEAE

White wandug

Brugmansia candida Pers.

PPN-pi-021

Branches

SOLANACEAE

Pink wandug

Brugmansia suaveolens (Willd.) Bercht. & J. Presl

 

Branches

SOLANACEAE

Red wandug

Brugmansia sanguinea (Ruiz & Pav.) D. Don

 

Branches

SOLANACEAE

Marco cari and marco warmi

Ambrosia artemisioides Meyen & Walp

PPN-pi-001

Branches

ASTERACEAE

Cholo valiente

Tagetes terniflora Kunth

PPN-pi-017

Branches

ASTERACEAE