Coatli (other)
Coatli is a Nahuatl word meaning "water serpent" or "serpent water" and is the name for several medicinal plants, it can refer to: *''Eysenhardtia polystachya'', the Mexican kidneywood or ''palo cuate'', used as a traditional diuretic by the Aztec people **''Lignum nephriticum'', the European name for the traditional diuretic derived from ''Eysenhardtia polystachya'' and ''Pterocarpus indicus'' *''Jatropha dioica'', the leatherstem or ''sangre de drago'' *''Moringa oleifera'', the horseradish tree or moringa See also *Coatl, a Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have small ...

Nahuatl Language
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller populations in the United States. Nahuatl has been spoken in central Mexico since at least the seventh century CE. It was the language of the Aztec/ Mexica, who dominated what is now central Mexico during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican history. During the centuries preceding the Spanish and Tlaxcalan conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Aztecs had expanded to incorporate a large part of central Mexico. Their influence caused the variety of Nahuatl spoken by the residents of Tenochtitlan to become a prestige language in Mesoamerica. After the conquest, when Spanish colonists and missionaries introduced the Latin alphabet, Nahuatl also became a literary language. Many chronicles, grammars, works of poetry, administrative ...
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Eysenhardtia Polystachya
''Eysenhardtia polystachya'', the kidneywood, is a tree from Mexico, growing along forest edges and water courses at elevations of 150–3000 m. Previously it was used as a source of lignum nephriticum. References * polystachya ''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ... Flora of Mexico {{faboideae-stub ...
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Lignum Nephriticum
''Lignum nephriticum'' (Latin for "kidney wood") is a traditional diuretic that was derived from the wood of two tree species, the narra (''Pterocarpus indicus'') and the Mexican kidneywood ('' Eysenhardtia polystachya''). The wood is capable of turning the color of water it comes in contact with into beautiful opalescent hues that change depending on light and angle, the earliest known record of the phenomenon of fluorescence. Due to this strange property, it became well known in Europe from the 16th to the early 18th century. Cups made from ''lignum nephriticum'' were given as gifts to royalty. Water drunk from such cups, as well as imported powders and extracts from ''lignum nephriticum'', were thought to have great medicinal properties. The ''lignum nephriticum'' derived from Mexican kidneywood was known as the ''coatli'', ''coatl'', or ''cuatl'' ("snake water") or ''tlapalezpatli'' ("blood-tincture medicine") in the Nahuatl language. It was traditionally used by the Aztec peo ...
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Jatropha Dioica
''Jatropha dioica'' is a species of flowering plant in the Euphorbia, spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to Texas in the United States as well as Mexico as far south as Oaxaca. Common names include leatherstem and sangre de drago. The specific name refers to the Plant sexuality, dioecious nature of the plants. Description ''Jatropha dioica'' forms colonies from subterranean rhizomes. The arching, Succulent plant, succulent stems reach a height of 20–60 cm and have few branches. They are tough and sufficiently flexible to be tied into overhand knots without breaking. The orange rootstock spreads to a length of around 1 m. Leaves are arranged simply, alternately, or Fascicle (botany), fascicularly and are clustered on short shoots extending from the stems. They are subsessile and have entire margins. The leaves of the nominate variety are linear and measure up to 6 × 1 cm, whereas the leaves of ''J. dioica'' var. ''graminea'' may be 2 to 3-lobed and measure u ...
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Moringa Oleifera
''Moringa oleifera'' is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent. Common names include moringa, drumstick tree (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree (from the taste of the roots, which resembles horseradish), and ben oil tree or benzolive tree. It is widely cultivated for its young seed pods and leaves, used as vegetables and for traditional herbal medicine. It is also used for water purification. Although listed as an invasive species in several countries, ''M. oleifera'' has "not been observed invading intact habitats or displacing native flora", so "should be regarded at present as a widely cultivated species with low invasive potential." Description ''M. oleifera'' is a fast-growing, deciduous tree that can reach a height of and trunk diameter of . The bark has a whitish-gray color and is surrounded by thick cork. Young shoots have purplish or greenish-white, hairy bark. The tre ...
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Coatl (other)
__NOTOC__ Coatl (also spelled cohuatl, couatl, or cuatl) is a Nahuatl word meaning "serpent" or "twin" (). It is the name of one of the day-signs in the Aztec Calendar. It can also refer to: * Coatl, a character from the 1945 novel, ''Captain from Castile'' (novel) ** Also appears in the 1947 film adaptation, '' Captain from Castile'' * Couatl (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of creature in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game * Coatl (wood), a type of wood also used in traditional medicine * Lamborghini Coatl, a Lamborghini concept vehicle See also * Coatli (other), a Nahuatl word referring to several medicinal plants * Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl (, ; Spanish: ''Quetzalcóatl'' ; nci-IPA, Quetzalcōātl, ket͡saɬˈkoːaːt͡ɬ (Modern Nahuatl pronunciation), in honorific form: ''Quetzalcōātzin'') is a deity in Aztec culture and literature whose name comes from the Nahu ..., the Aztec deity whose name means "feathered serpent" {{disambiguation, pl ...
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