A South American plant or its bark, traditionally used as a tonic or medicinal remedy.
From Spanish or Portuguese, possibly derived from an indigenous language of South America. The exact origin is uncertain but reflects the history of European colonial botanists naming New World plants.
Catoquina is one of countless medicinal plants that European colonizers 'discovered' in South America that indigenous peoples had used for centuries—showing how Western medicine often rediscovered what others already knew.
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