Research Article

Distribution and Transmission of Medicinal Plant Knowledge in the Andean Highlands: A Case Study from Peru and Bolivia

Table 3

Medicinal plants from Pitumarca mentioned by 6 or more households ( ). Households: number of households who mentioned the plant. Voucher numbers: SM no. (P) = Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel no. (Peru). Source: source of indirect scientific name identification: [a]  =  photograph taken by SM, [b]  =  [44], [c]  =  [50].

Local name(s)Scientific namePlant familyHouseholdsVoucher numbers [or source]

ajincoArtemisia absinthium L.Asteraceae7SM73(P)
alqo kiskaAcanthoxanthium ambrosioides (Hook. and Arn.) D. LoeveAsteraceae10SM10(P)
cáncer qhoraStachys spp. (S. arvensis L., S. herrerae Epling)Lamiaceae8SM123(P)-SM48(P)
cebadaHordeum vulgare L.Poaceae6SM122(P)
chiqchiBerberis carinata Lechl.Berberidaceae6SM35(P)
chirichiriGrindelia boliviana RusbyAsteraceae15SM91(P)
clavel, clavel rojo, clavel negroDianthus sp.Caryophyllaceae7SM83(P)
cocaErythroxylum coca Lam.Erythroxylaceae15[b]
eucaliptoEucalyptus globulus Labill.Myrtaceae16SM78(P)
hierbabuenaMentha viridis (L.) L.Lamiaceae9SM5(P)
hinojoFoeniculum vulgare Mill.Apiaceae6SM51(P)
kanlliMargyricarpus pinnatus (Lam.) KuntzeRosaceae8SM89(P)
kharoColletia spinosissima J. F. Gmel.Rhamnaceae12SM21(P)
limónCitrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) SwingleRutaceae6[b]
llanténPlantago major L.Plantaginaceae6SM96(P)
llauli, china llauliBarnadesia horrida Muschl.Asteraceae14SM26(P)
malvaMalvastrum sp.Malvaceae11SM18(P)
manka phakiAgeratina sternbergiana (D.C.) R. M. King and H. Rob.Asteraceae10SM27(P)-SM109 (P)
manzanillaMatricaria recutita L.Asteraceae15SM82(P)
matapaloGaiadendron spp. (G. punctatum G. Don, G. Ellipticum (Ruiz and Pav.) Baehni ex. J. F. Macbr.)Loranthaceae6[c]
muñaMinthostachys spp. (M. setosa (Briq.) Epling, M. spicata (Benth.) EplingLamiaceae13SM33(P)-SM120(P)
muñak’aMuehlenbeckia volcanica (Benth.) Endl.Polygonaceae8SM31(P)
mutuySenna birostris (Vogel) H.S. Irwin and BarnebyCaesalpinaceae13SM20(P)
nabo, yuyoBrassica rapa subsp. campestris (L.) A. R. ClaphamBrassicaceae11SM4(P)
oq’e thurpaNototriches sp.Malvaceae6[c]
oqororo, alqo oqororoMimulus glabratus KunthScrophulariaceae10SM19(P), SM38(P)
orqo llauliDasyphyllum leiocephalum (Wedd.) CabreraAsteraceae7SM77(P)
patakiskaAustrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb. subsp. exaltata (A. Berger) D. R. HuntCactaceae12[a]
perejilPetroselinum sativum Hoffm.Apiaceae9SM9(P)
pilipili, diente de leõnTaraxacum officinale F. H. Wigg.Asteraceae11SM6(P)
pimpinillaPimpinella anisum L.Rosaceae7SM79(P)
puka thurpaNototriche sp.Malvaceae8[c]
puka t’ikaq kisaCajophora cirsiifolia C. PreslLoasaceae10SM25(P)
p’uku p’ukuDichondra sp.Convolvulaceae7SM39(P)
pupusaXenophyllum poposum (Phil.) V. A. FunkAsteraceae9SM93(P)
salviaLepechinia meyenii (Walp.) EplingLamiaceae8SM88(P), SM106(P)
sangre de gradoCroton lechleri Muell. Arg.Euphorbiaceae7[b]
sasawiLeucheria daucifolia (D. Don) CrisciAsteraceae16SM94(P)
thurpaNototriche spp. (N.matthewsii A. W. Hill, N. turritella A. W. Hill, N. herrerae Ulbr. ex A. W. Hill, N. Flabellata (Wedd.) A. W. Hill)Malvaceae9[c]
toronjilMelissa officinalis L.Lamiaceae8[b,c]
uña de gatoUndet.6
wamanlipaSenecio tephrosioides Turcz.Asteraceae16SM95(P)
waraqoOpuntia floccosa Salm-DyckCactaceae10[a]
wichulluUndet.14
yana kisaUrtica urens L.Urticaceae6SM50(P)
yawarch’unkaOenothera multicaulis Ruiz and Pav.Onagraceae17SM63(P)
zaptilla, pucucho pucuchoCalceolaria spp. (C. sparsiflora Kunze, C. virgata Ruiz and Pav., C. aurea Pennell)Calceolariaceae9SM1(P)-SM111(P)-SM110(P)