Nonochton information

Illustration of *nonochton* from the *Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis* (1552).

Nonochton is the Classical Nahuatl name for a plant whose identity is uncertain. Suggested plants include Portulaca, Pereskiopsis,^[1] 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.^[2]

^ Nicholson, Rob (1999). "Az-Tech medicine". Natural History. 108 (10): 54–59.
^ Lindsay, Robert (23 April 1994). "Aztec fruit reappears in the mountains of Mexico". New Scientist. pp. 66–67.

[1] Nicholson, Rob (1999). "Az-Tech medicine". Natural History. 108 (10): 54–59.

[2] Lindsay, Robert (23 April 1994). "Aztec fruit reappears in the mountains of Mexico". New Scientist. pp. 66–67.