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huapahualizpatli.

Headword: 
huapahualizpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

also called "medicine for convulsions;" this is a medicinal shrub that can be as tall as a person, with a rough trunk and bare branches; has yellow flowers; it was used to "restore lost movement" (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), 131.

Orthographic Variants: 
huapahualizpahtli
IPAspelling: 
wɑpɑːwɑlispɑhtɬi
themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora