species 270 observations
Cricket-vine
Fridericia chica
Field notes
Fridericia chica, the cricket-vine, puca panga, chica, carayurú (Spanish), carajuru or crajiru (Portuguese), is a medicinal plant in the family Bignoniaceae, also used for cosmetics. An orange-red dye called chica, crajiru or carayurú is obtained from boiling the leaves. It is used by some native South American peoples to stain the skin.
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Key traits
- Layer
- Vines
From USDA PLANTS.