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a type of magnolia (magnolia glauca), a heart-shaped flower (often associated with the Virgin Mary, for its purity and beauty)
yolloxochitl ‘heart flower,’ or Talauma mexicana Don, a white flower with numerous medicinal and ritual uses (late sixteenth century, Central Mexico)
"a tall tree with leaves like the citron, but twice as large and umbilical; the flowers are heart-shaped...and if they are mixed with cacao shells or with a draft made from cacao, they strengthen the heart and the stomach" (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
Variations include tlacayolloxochitl (large, beautiful rose-like flowers) and izcuinyolloxochitl (magnolia de los perros, used to cure epilepsy in dogs, and other medicinal purposes).
The root is ground with ground flowers (tetzmixochitl, tlacoizquixochitl, yolloxochitl, eloxochitl, ocoxochitl, plus red earth, white earth, and eztetl, all mixed with water and taken as a beverage. On the exterior of the stomach, one would also apply a stone found in the river that appeared to have large pearls in it.
yolloxochitl = una especia de magnolia; quiere decir flor parecida al corazón; no se podría traducir de ninguna manera flor del corazón, pues no significaría nada.
En el Códice Mexicanus, debajo de la glosa "(I)ulius" para indicar el mes de julio, "se dibujó una flor, quizá la yolloxochitl, cuya primera parte (yollo/iollo) parece ser un acercamiento fonético al mes de julio o iulio en latín." (s. XVI, Ciudad de México)