Itzimte, Clerodendrum lingustrinum, is a native species of shrub from Mesoamerica. It has medicinal and edible properties, for medicinal properties, the leaves are useful for headaches and diuretic issues. Itzimte was also useful for flavoring cacao beverages for the Mayas.

Clerodendrum lingustrinum, by Nicholas Hellmuth, Nikon D810, 60 mm, f 11.0, ISO 500.

• ACHARI, B., CHAUDHURI, C., SAHA, C., DUTTA, P. and S. PAKRASHI
• 1990
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• BASHWIRA, S., HOOTEL, C., TOURW, D., PEPERMANS, H., LAUS, G. and G. van BINST
• 1989
• Cleromyrine I, a new cyclohexapeptide from Clerodendrum myricoides Tetrahedron. Vol. 45, No.18. Pages 5845-5822.
  
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• BELIAEV, Dimitri, DAVLETSHIN, Albert and Alexandre TOKOVININE
• 2009
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• 1986
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• 2013
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• 2011
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• 2010
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• LUNDELL, Cyrus L.
• 1937
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• ROYS, Ralph
• 1931
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• RUEDA, Ricardo M.
• 1993
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• SHRIVASTAVA, N. and T. PATEL
• 2007
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• STANDLEY, P. C. and L. O. WILLIAMS
• 1970
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• STANDLEY, Paul C., WILLIAMS, Louis, and Dorothy Nash GIBSON
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www.medicinatradicionalmexicana.unam.mx/monografia.php?l=3&t=Moste&id=7729
Information.

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-42769
Synonyms.

www.tropicos.org/name/33701118?projectid=3
Information and map location.

http://enciclovida.mx/especies/6063286
Map location.

www.cicy.mx/sitios/flora%20digital/ficha_virtual.php?especie=1425
Information.

www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=255518
Illustrations.

First posted, June, 2018