Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann is a plant in the Bignoniaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann
Fridericia chica is a Bignoniaceae medicinal plant that yields a skin-staining orange-red dye.
Fridericia chica has common names including cricket-vine, puca panga, chica, carayurú in Spanish, and carajuru or crajiru in Portuguese. It is a medicinal plant belonging to the family Bignoniaceae, and it is also used for cosmetics. An orange-red dye also called chica, crajiru or carayurú can be obtained by boiling this plant's leaves. Some native South American peoples use this dye to stain the skin.
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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