Triwe (Laurel Leaf)
Laurelia sempervirens
About Triwe (Laurel Leaf)
Triwe (Laurel Leaf) (Laurelia sempervirens) is a herb used in the Mapuche Medicine tradition to help with Headache, Fever, Digestive Issues, and Wound Healing, among 1 other condition it addresses. The leaves are the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Laurelia sempervirens, commonly called Peruvian nutmeg, from mapuche: tihue, trihue, also called Chilean laurel or Chilean sassafras. It is a species of Evergreen tree in the family Atherospermataceae, formerly Monimiaceae family, in the southern hemisphere genus of plant Laurelia, not closely related to Lauraceae despite the similarity. It is endemic to Chile. It occurs 34–41° South Latitude. They require a warm subtropical to tropical climate that is cool but also frost-free or with only very slight...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist