Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Williams 1169, 09 Nov 1990

  • Location

    Bolivia. El Beni. José Ballivián Prov. Carmen Florida. Tacana Indian village 7km upstream of Rurrenabaque on Río Beni.

  • Habitat

    Cultivated in floodplain swidden. Common.

  • Description

    Herb to 1.5m, in clumps; not known to flower here.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 44178

    Occurrence ID: 43aaff68-6d2d-480f-bb0b-7cd14dca528a

  • Local Name

    gualusa blanca, anú-ai

  • Language
    Spanish, Tacana
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Alismatales

  • Family

    Araceae

  • All Determinations

    Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott det T. B. Croat, 1994
    Note: orig. det. Xanthosoma sagittifolia Schott.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    El Beni

  • County/Municipio

    José Ballivián Prov.

  • Locality

    Carmen Florida. Tacana Indian village 7km upstream of Rurrenabaque on Río Beni

  • Elevation

    Alt. 240 m. (787 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -14.5, -67.5

  • 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

    Comestible

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INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
PLANTS OF BOLIVIA
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BOLIVIA, Depto. del Beni. Prov. Ballivian.
Carmen Florida. Tacana Indian village 7km
upstream of Rurrenabaque on Rio Beni. 14°30
67°30'W. 240m. Cultivated in floodplain
swidden. Common. Sterile voucher.
Herb, growing in clumps. Not known to flower
here.
ARACEAE
Height.: 1.5®.
n.v.: gualusa blanca [Sp,].
anfi-ai [Tacana].
|USE: Edible, starchy tubers adherin
David E. Williams 11
ijjl to cora
November 9, 1990
Fieldiorfc supported by USM Agricultural Research Service, IIE Fnlbright,
and the Organization of Aierican States
MW, 2/m
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