Botanical atlas
Mexican Wimmeria
Wimmeria mexicana
This plant is kept in the atlas for identification and safety, not for use. Read the safety notes below before handling it, and keep it away from children, cats, and food.
Wimmeria mexicana grows quietly in the dry forests and thorn scrub of Mexico, better known to foresters and field botanists than to herbalists. It belongs to the same family as better-studied medicinal trees, but unlike its cousins it has left little trace in the written ethnobotanical record, and no well-documented tradition of medicinal or culinary use has come down to us. What local knowledge exists points mostly toward its wood, valued in some regions for its strength and fine grain rather than for any remedy. It remains, for now, a tree appreciated more for its place in the landscape than for anything brewed or eaten.
Safety.
Wimmeria mexicana has no established use as food or medicine, and related plants in its family can contain irritating or toxic compounds, so no part of it should be eaten.
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