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chatalhuich.

Headword: 
chatalhuich.
Principal English Translation: 

a large and branchy tree with yellow blossoms and delicate, sour fruit; has a medicinal value

(Valley of Mexico, 1570–1587)

The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 123.

Orthographic Variants: 
zacaocotl
Attestations from sources in English: 

"It expels worms and maggots if by chance there are any in the body. Mixed with axin and applied behind ears, the bark also gets rid of earache." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 124.

themes: 
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine