A variant or alternate name for canafistula; referring to the same tropical laxative tree or its medicinal extract.
Variant spelling/name of canafistula, possibly reflecting different Romance language versions (Spanish/Portuguese -o ending). Medical texts often preserved multiple names for the same plant.
Canafistulo shows how medieval medicine borrowed the same plant from the Arabic world but spelled it differently depending on whether you were reading Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian texts—the plant's fame spread faster than language standardization could keep up.
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