The objective of this study was to evaluate four ethnomedical uses (against infections, diarrhea, inflammation, and pain) attributed to C. ![]() Furthermore, there are no reports regarding the pharmacology or phytochemistry of this plant species. Non-toxic dosage of this medicinal plant is also unknown. Despite being edible (Emory, 1859), no toxicological studies with C. Chenopodium ambrosioides, Amaranthus spinosus, Annona cherimola, among others) are used in Mexican traditional medicine and some of them are toxic (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017). pallida fruits are used as a revitalizing tonic because of their high-caloric content (Adame and Adame, 2000). Celtis pallida Torr (Cannabaceae) (synonym: Celtis ehrenbergiana (Klotzsch) Liebm.), commonly known as desert hackberry, “granjeno” or “tala” is a 3-m high shrub used empirically as a therapy for inflammation, wounds, cough, stomach ache, cholera, pain, skin infections, diarrhea, among other diseases (González-Elizondo et al., 2004, Perrotta and Arambarri, 2010, Svetaz et al., 2010, Quiroga et al., 2012).
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