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Table 2 Organisms, scientific name, Seri name, voucher number, most common use, and fidelity level

From: An ethnomedicinal study of the Seri people; a group of hunter-gatherers and fishers native to the Sonoran Desert

Kingdom

Phylum

Scientific name

Seri Name

Voucher number

Use

Ip

Iu

Fidelity level

Animalia

        
 

Annelida

Eurithoe cf. complanata (Pallas 1766)

Xepenozátx

CMEMM-13

Prepared in a tea in order to cease menstrual flow

2

3

66.66

 

Chordata

Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus 1758)

Moosni

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The oil of C. mydas is taken in a tablespoon as expectoranta

16

24

66.66

 

Echonodermata

Heliaster kubinjii (Xantus 1860)

Pyooque

CMEMM-18

Prepared in a tea in order to cease menstrual flow and stop post-partum hemorrhage

8

10

80

 

Echinometra vanbruti (A. Agassiz 1863)

Xepenosiml

CMEMM-8

Prepared into a tea to stop menstrual flow

37

46

80.43

 

Ophiocoma aethiops (Lütken 1859)

Hanol cahít

CMEMM-16

Scorched and macerated into a paste applied to swollen areas

4

7

57.14

Mollusca

  

Modiolus capax (Conrad 1837)

Satoj

CMEMM-6

Shell is grounded, mixed with water and applied to the umbilicus of an infant to make it heal faster

2

6

33.33

  

Octopus hubbsorum (Berry 1853)

Hapaj cosni

CMEMM-5

Crushed and cooked with dock (Rumex) and drunk to run faster

22

36

61.11

  

Turbo fluctuosus (W. Wood 1828)

Cotopis

CMEMM-11

Shell is grounded, mixed with water and applied to the umbilicus of an infant to make it heal faster

16

19

84.21

Chromista

 

Chlorophtyta

Codium simulans (Setchell and Gardner 1924)

Tacj oomas

CMMEX 10616

Eyewash applied simply by soaking the algae in seawater and squeezing directly into the eyesa

13

26

28.57

 

Ochrophyta

Sargassum sinicola (Setchell and Gardner 1924)

Xpanams caacöl

CMMEX 10620

The frond is boiled in freshwater, resulting in a tea that prevents epilepsya

2

13

6.66

  

Colpomenia tuberculata (Saunders 1898)

Xpeetc

CMMEX 10626

Water retained inside bulbose algae is drunk to cure dehydration, headache and light headednessa

2

10

20

  

Kallymenia pertusa (Setchell and Gardner 1924)

Moosni ipnáail

CMMEX 10622

Heatened beneath a stone near a campfire, the frond is used as a cataplasm in swollen areas of the bodya

3

6

50

Plantae

 

Family

  
 

Aizoaceae

Sesuvium sp. (Linnaeus 1759)

Spitj Caacöl

 

Sesuvium is used to wash stingray woundsa

5

12

41.66

 

Apocynaceae

Vallesia glabra (Cavanilles 1724)

Tanóopa

USON 20152b

Leaves are toasted and macerated, the resulting powder is applied to control the itch of a rash, measles or chickenpox

3

9

33.33

 

Asteraceae

Ambrosia salsola ((Torr. & A. Gray) Strother & B.G. Baldwin 1849)

Caasol cacat

No specimen

A tea made with the stem is used to heal swollen parts of the bodya

12

39

30.76

 

Bataceae

Batis maritima (Linnaeus 1759)

Pajóocsim

 

Macerated in water will cure diarrheaa

27

32

84.37

 

Burseracea

Bursera microphylla (Gray 1861)

Xoop

USON 03688, 20051, 04998

Sap is used as sunblocka

12

53

22.64

  

Bursera hindsiana (Engler 1883)

Xopinl

USON 03708

In a mixture with Hyptis emoryi it is prepared in a tea to treat colds.

19

38

50

 

Celastraceae

Maytenus phyllanthoides (D. Dietrich 1844)

Cos

CMMEX 10631

A tea prepared with the leaves is used for a sore throat

17

40

42.5

 

Chenopodiaceae

Suaeda sp. (Forsskål ex J. F. Gmelin, 1776)

Hatajípol

CMMEX 10630

A tea made from the roots is used to treat colds

19

30

63.33

  

Atriplex barclayana (D. Dietrich 1852)

Spitj

CMMEX 10632

It is used in concoction in conjunction with B. microphylla against the painful sting of rays and skates

46

49

93.87

 

Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha californica (Benthham 1844)

Queejam iti hacniix

USON 03709, 05377

The plant is let in water for a night. The water is then used to wash the head in presence of neuralgia

10

16

62.5

 

Malpighiaceae

Callaeum macropterum (D.M. Johnson 1986)

Haxz ooxmoj

USON 09454

The tea extracted from this plant is most commonly used against diarrhea

9

45

60

 

Malvaceae

Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray var. ambigua (A. Gray 1887)

Jcoa ctamöc

No specimen

The inner bark and pulp are poinded and made into a tea to cure sores in the mouth.

12

18

66.66

 

Menispermaceae

Cocculus diversifolius (A. de Candolle 1817)

Comíxaz

ARIZ 356537

Used to prepare an infusion to treat diarrheaa

4

11

36.36

 

Rhizophoraceae

Rhizophora mangle (Linnaeus 1753)

Xnazolcam

CMMEX 10627

A concoction of the plant is used against diabetesa

20

44

45.45

 

Verbenaceae

Lippia palmeri S. (S. Watson 1889)

Xomcahíift

USON 02168, 04159

A tea prepared with the leaves is good against coldsa

29

60

48.33

 

Viscaceae

Phoradendron californicum (Nuttall 1847)

Eaxt

No specimen

A tea prepared with the leaves is used against diarrheaa

19

30

63.33

 

Zygophythaceae

Larrea divaricata subsp. tridentata ((DC.) Felger & C.H. Lowe 1970)

Haaxat

USON 20038

The concoction of this plant is commonly used to treat smelly feeta

14

62

22.58

  1. auses different to those previously reported
  2. bVoucher specimens to which collections were compared