Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.

Filed As

Apiaceae
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.
Collector(s)

M. A. Utitiaj 1, 24 Jul 1985
Location

Ecuador. Morona Santiago. El Centro Shuar Tink; cerca Gualiquiza y Bomboiza.
Description

Zanahoria; hierba de la huerta con raiz tuberosa. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.
Identifiers

NY Barcode: 192549

Occurrence ID: 94ea137a-c0e7-4b27-9847-07711d4ed34c
Related Publications

[Article] Bennett, Bradley C., et al. 2002. Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador. Advances Econ. Bot. 14: i--iii, 1--299.
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/99016043
Local Name

maya, Peruvian parsnip, arracacha
Language
Shuar, English, Spanish

Kingdom

Plantae
Division

Magnoliophyta
Order

Apiales
Family

Apiaceae
All Determinations

Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr. det L. Constance, 1986-88
Note: !C.A. Danderson, 2010
Daucus

Level 1 Use
FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES
Level 2 Use
Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)
Level 3 Use
Comestible
Use Notes
The Shuar cultivate maya for its edible root The Shuar treat swellings and bruises with Maya (Broseghini and Frucci 1986). Arracacha is one of the tastiest foods to be found anywhere (Nat. Research Council 1989).
Level 1 Use
FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES
Level 2 Use
Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)
Level 3 Use
Beverage
Use Notes
Chicha
Level 1 Use
MEDICINES
Level 2 Use
Pregnancy/Birth/Puerperium Effects/Disorders
Level 3 Use
Parturifacient
Use Notes
induces labor
Level 1 Use
MEDICINES
Level 2 Use
Digestive System Effects/Disorders
Level 3 Use
Other Digestive System disorders/effects
Use Notes
unspecified liver ailments
Level 1 Use
MEDICINES
Level 2 Use
Pregnancy/Birth/Puerperium Effects/Disorders
Level 3 Use
Labor
Use Notes
To expel the placenta

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