Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.

  • Filed As

    Apiaceae
    Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.

  • Collector(s)

    A. Warush 59, 02 Sep 1985

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. El Centro Shuar Pampants; Rio Kankaim (Cangaime).

  • Habitat

    Hierba de la huerta. Rare.

  • Description

    Hierba de la huerta; tallo suave; hoja verde; fruto se carga como la yucca. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 191549

    Occurrence ID: 1ee720e4-1bc6-446c-92f0-834be8f1398f

  • 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

  • Language
    Shuar
  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    El Centro Shuar Pampants; Rio Kankaim (Cangaime)

  • Elevation

    Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -2.78, -77.6

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • 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

    FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)

  • Level 3 Use

    Comestible

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Abnormalities

  • Level 3 Use

    Swelling

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HERBARIUM (ILL)
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft
Confirmed by: Clark A. Danderson Nov. 2010
The New York Botanical Garden
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
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FLORA DEL ECUADOR
Recursos Botánicos del Bosque Tropical
NFW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00191549
BOTANICAL
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REPORT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
MORONA SANTIAGO: El Centro Shuar Pampants; Rio
Kankaim (Cangaime); 300m; 77° 36' 0, 2o 47' S.
Hierba de la huerta; escaso; tallo suave; hoja
verde; fruto se carga como la yucca.
Nombre Shuar: MAYA
Sirve para hacer chicha y la cabeza se pone en
inchazones del cuerpo.
Amelia Warush RBAE59	2 Septiembre 1985
Herbarios QAME-QCNE-MO-NY; ayuda de USAID
00191549