Gustavia augusta L.

  • Filed As

    Lecythidaceae
    Gustavia augusta L.

  • Collector(s)

    W. L. Balée 193 with B.G.S. Ribeiro, 9 Apr 1985

  • Location

    Brazil. Maranhão. Monção Mun. Basin of the Rio Turiaçu; Ka'apor Indian Reserve; 4 km NW of settlement of Urutawy. Moist terra firme forest on mild slope.

  • Description

    Tree 19.6 cm DBH. Inventory voucher #698 (Flowers mature, white and yellow). Uses: Decoction of boiled water and bark taken orally to treat snakebite. n.v.: mytumpusu'y.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: —

    Occurrence ID: 21638dba-a972-43e6-ac7b-768fe9da61d2

  • Related Publications

    [Article] Prance, Ghillean T., et al. 1987. Quantitative Ethnobotany and the Case for Conservation in Amazonia. Conservation Biol. 1 (4): 269-310.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1987.tb00050.x

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Ericales

  • Family

    Lecythidaceae

  • All Determinations

    Gustavia augusta L. det S. A. Mori, 1986

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Maranhão

  • County/Municipio

    Monção Mun.

  • Locality

    Basin of the Rio Turiaçu; Ka'apor Indian Reserve; 4 km NW of settlement of Urutawy. Moist terra firme forest on mild slope.

  • Coordinates

    -3.14045, -45.9635

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    17707

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located Urutawy, 19km E of Post Guajá within Alto Turiaçu Reserve (Forline, 1997). Linear extent roughly found as halved dist. betwn coordinates + Ze Doca (nearby villages difficult to find). Offset coord. (4km NW) + uncert. found using MaNIS Georef Calc

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

    No botanical uses.

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