| Picramnia antidesma | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Picramnia antidesma Sw. | |
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.
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.
References
- 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.
- ^ "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
- 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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| Picramnia antidesma | |
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