| Field notes | Shrub, fruit green. Vernacular spanish name: laurin del cerro, quichua name: urcu laurin. Use: medicine for "aire": the sap is drunk. For women after delivery and scared children: a decoction of this plant together with "vallalin" (Asteraceae), "tarapo" (Lamiaceae) "nogal" Juglands and "arrayan" (Myrtaceae) is used for bath. |