Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

  • Collector(s)

    M. A. Utitiaj 14, 03 Aug 1985

  • Location

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

  • Description

    Planta con hojas y 'frutas' redondas como papachina. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 191638

    Occurrence ID: d71a51ef-80a2-4be4-b860-3cbe662e8094

  • Local Name

    tuka, utamchap, tuka, pituk, papachina, cocoyam, dasheen, taro

  • Language
    Shuar, Shuar, Achuar-Shiwiar, Awajún, Spanish, English, English, English
  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    El Centro Shuar Tink; cerca Gualaquiza y Bomboiza.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 600 m. (1969 ft.)

  • 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

  • Use Notes

    This is a minor crop for the Siona (Vickers and Plowman 1984) and Quichua (Bennett and Alarcon, ms). C. esculenta is one of the world's major starches. Cooked young leaves also are edible and some varieties grown as ornamentals.

Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
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-MORONA SANTIAGO, El centro Shuar Tink; cerca
Gualaquiza y Bomboiza, 600m.
Habit: Planta con hojas y 'frutas' redondas
como papachina.	C+oW")
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00191638
Shuar name: TUKA
Use: La 'f^uta' es comestible.
BOTANICAL
M. Angela Utitiaj Date: 3 Agosto 1985
PROGRAMA NACIONAL FORESTAL - MAG
Herbarios QAME-QCNE-MO-NY; ayuda de USAID
00191638