Parastrephia lucida

(Meyen) Cabr.

Mayu tola

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Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows between 2,900-5,000 m above sea level.

Andes, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, South America*,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A temperate perennial shrub growing to 1.5 m tall, native to high-altitude regions of Argentina between 2,900-5,000 m elevation.

Plants are grown by seeds.

Used as medicine, functioning as an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory.

It is used as medicine. It is used as an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory.

References (1)

Aldunate, C. et al, 1983, Ethnobotany of pre-Altiplanic Community in the Andes of Northern Chile. Economic Botany 37( ) p 120-134