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tocpatli.

Headword: 
tocpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

a medicinal tree that grows in warm climates; has white flowers, pointed serrated leaves; a poultice made from the roots is good for the spleen (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), 121.

Orthographic Variants: 
tocpahtli
IPAspelling: 
tokpɑhtɬi
Attestations from sources in English: 

"The decoction of its leaves and roots, both drunk and applied to the scattered lumps of buboes, cures them." (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), 121.

themes: 
Flowers
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora