🌽Mayan Traditional Medicine
Tzalam (Lysiloma)
Lysiloma latisiliquum
About Tzalam (Lysiloma)
Tzalam (Lysiloma) (Lysiloma latisiliquum) is a herb used in the Mayan Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Skin Health, Fever, and Inflammation, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Lysiloma latisiliquum, commonly known as false tamarind or wild tamarind, is a species of tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to southern Florida in the United States, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, southern Mexico, and northern Central America.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both