Fridericia chica

Fridericia chica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Fridericia
Species:	F. chica
Binomial name
	Fridericia chica; (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann
Synonyms
	Adenocalymma portoricense A.Stahl ex Bello; Adenocalymma portoricensis A. Stahl; Arrabidaea acutifolia DC.; Arrabidaea chica (Bonpl.) Verl.; Arrabidaea chica var. acutifolia (DC.) Bureau; Arrabidaea chica var. angustifolia Bureau & K.Schum.; Arrabidaea chica var. cuprea Bureau & K.Schum.; Arrabidaea chica f. cuprea (Cham.) Sandwith; Arrabidaea chica var. thyrsoidea (DC.) Bureau; Arrabidaea cuprea Pittier; Arrabidaea cuprea (Cham.) Bornm.; Arrabidaea larensis Pittier; Arrabidaea rosea DC.; Bignonia chica Bonpl.; Bignonia cuprea Cham.; Bignonia cuprea var. grandiflora Cham.; Bignonia cuprea var. parviflora Cham.; Bignonia rosea DC.; Bignonia rubescens S.Moore; Bignonia rufescens DC.; Bignonia thyrsoidea DC.; Bignonia triphylla Willd. ex DC.; Lundia chica (Bonpl.) Seem.; Temnocydia carajura Mart. ex DC.; Vasconcellia acutifolia Mart. ex DC.;

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.^[2] It is used by some native South American peoples to stain the skin.^[3]

A Mura chief with his face painted with the chica dye

References

^ "Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
^ Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Chica" . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
^ "Chica (So. Amer.). A dye-stuff" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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[1] "Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

[2] Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Chica" . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

[NIE_Chica-3] "Chica (So. Amer.). A dye-stuff" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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Taxon identifiers
Fridericia chica	Wikidata: Q15549346 Wikispecies: Fridericia chica CoL: 99NH5 GBIF: 7669080 GRIN: 470563 iNaturalist: 578619 IPNI: 77142115-1 NCBI: 353936 NZOR: 5c08f55a-2237-486d-a141-ecb155df36eb Open Tree of Life: 794390 Plant List: kew-317403 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77142115-1 Tropicos: 100193215 WFO: wfo-0000778859
Bignonia chica	Wikidata: Q85202209 CoL: 99LGG GBIF: 4093641 GRIN: 429636 IPNI: 108643-1 NZOR: 150f7638-df91-41f1-8cd5-c7c9ec8e78b9 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:108643-1 Tropicos: 3701132 WFO: wfo-0000781367

Fridericia chica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Fridericia
Species:	F. chica
Binomial name
*Fridericia chica* (Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann
Synonyms^[1]
Adenocalymma portoricense A.Stahl ex Bello Adenocalymma portoricensis A. Stahl Arrabidaea acutifolia DC. Arrabidaea chica (Bonpl.) Verl. Arrabidaea chica var. acutifolia (DC.) Bureau Arrabidaea chica var. angustifolia Bureau & K.Schum. Arrabidaea chica var. cuprea Bureau & K.Schum. Arrabidaea chica f. cuprea (Cham.) Sandwith Arrabidaea chica var. thyrsoidea (DC.) Bureau Arrabidaea cuprea Pittier Arrabidaea cuprea (Cham.) Bornm. Arrabidaea larensis Pittier Arrabidaea rosea DC. Bignonia chica Bonpl. Bignonia cuprea Cham. Bignonia cuprea var. grandiflora Cham. Bignonia cuprea var. parviflora Cham. Bignonia rosea DC. Bignonia rubescens S.Moore Bignonia rufescens DC. Bignonia thyrsoidea DC. Bignonia triphylla Willd. ex DC. Lundia chica (Bonpl.) Seem. Temnocydia carajura Mart. ex DC. Vasconcellia acutifolia Mart. ex DC.