Nonochton

is the Classical Nahuatl name for a plant whose identity is uncertain. Suggested plants include Portulaca, Pereskiopsis, and Lycianthes mociniana, a plant now called tlanochtle in the local variety of modern Nahuatl spoken by highland farmers that cultivate it for its fruit.

Medicinal uses In Aztec medicine, was used as an ingredient in a remedy for pain in the heart:

See also Aztec entheogenic complex

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