🌽Mayan Traditional Medicine
Xa'an (Thatch Palm)
Coccothrinax argentata
About Xa'an (Thatch Palm)
Xa'an (Thatch Palm) (Coccothrinax argentata) is a herb used in the Mayan Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Wound Healing, Fever, and Energy, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Coccothrinax argentata, commonly called the Florida silver palm, is a species of palm tree. It is native to south Florida, southeast Mexico, Colombia and to the West Indies, where it is found in the Bahamas, the southwest Caribbean and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its natural habitat is rocky, calcareous soil in coastal scrubland and hammock communities.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both