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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Karwinskia humboldtiana (Roem. & Schult.) Zucc.

Rhamnaceae

SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico: S Baja California, Tamaulipas to Oaxaca)

dr (infusion of the leaves was used to treat fever, toothache and neuralgia, the powdered bark was used as a laxative) tx (the leaves and fruits are poisonous to livestock and humans resulting in paralysis and often death)

Humboldt coyotillo; buckthorn; coyotillo (USA)

karwinskia de Humboldt

cacachila, cacohila silvestra, capulín, capulincillo, capulincillo cimarrón, china, cochila margarita del cerro, coyotillo, frutillo negrito, margarita, palonegrito, tullidora (Mexico)

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Latin name	Karwinskia humboldtiana (Roem. & Schult.) Zucc.
Family	Rhamnaceae
Distribution	SC North America (USA: Texas; Mexico: S Baja California, Tamaulipas to Oaxaca)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology
Use	dr (infusion of the leaves was used to treat fever, toothache and neuralgia, the powdered bark was used as a laxative) tx (the leaves and fruits are poisonous to livestock and humans resulting in paralysis and often death)
Synonym
English name	Humboldt coyotillo; buckthorn; coyotillo (USA)
French name	karwinskia de Humboldt
Spanish name	cacachila, cacohila silvestra, capulín, capulincillo, capulincillo cimarrón, china, cochila margarita del cerro, coyotillo, frutillo negrito, margarita, palonegrito, tullidora (Mexico)
Other name
Trade name