Licania canescens Benoist

  • Filed As

    Chrysobalanaceae
    Licania canescens Benoist

  • Collector(s)

    W. L. Balée 1276 with B.G. Ribeiro, 08 Aug 1985

  • Location

    Brazil. Pará. Viseu Mun. Basin of the Rio Gurupi; Tembé Indian Reserve; 6 km SSW of F.U.N.A.I. Post Canindé.

  • Habitat

    Terre firme moist forest on mild slope.

  • Description

    Tree; cm DBH: 11.2. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00195414

    Occurrence ID: a6b05eda-3884-483a-a2f4-bab8caf45d92

  • 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

  • Local Name

    iwapindiran'yw

  • Language
    Tembé
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Licania canescens Benoist det G. T. Prance, 1987
    Note: ! G.T. Prance, May 1987

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Pará

  • County/Municipio

    Viseu Mun.

  • Locality

    Basin of the Rio Gurupi; Tembé Indian Reserve; 6 km SSW of F.U.N.A.I. Post Canindé

  • Coordinates

    -1.2, -46.1167

  • Georeferencing Method

    Other collections. Coordinates borrowed from another georeferenced specimen of the same locality, from Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (http://intermountainbiota.org/portal/collections/list.php?db%5B%5D=1&reset=1&county=Viseu, accessed: 12/12/2014).

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Materials and Products)

  • Level 3 Use

    Construction Material

  • Use Notes

    the wood is used to make rafters and tie beams

  • Level 1 Use

    FUELS/LUMINARIES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Fuels/Luminaries)

  • Level 3 Use

    Fuelstuff

  • Use Notes

    used for firewood

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