cuamochitl.

"a thorny tree that bears leaves like those of the pomegranate . . . It cures bloody diarrhea and other fluxes . . . its decoction heals wounds, grows new flesh and generates new skin." (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), 125.