Mirabilis jalapa L.

  • Filed As

    Nyctaginaceae
    Mirabilis jalapa L.

  • Collector(s)

    B. C. Bennett 3645, 31 Mar 1989

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais. Cultivated near the house of Josefina Antuash.

  • Description

    Perianth pink. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 85113

    Occurrence ID: 5cae6dae-6e7b-4517-9efb-55eaea58c2e2

  • 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

    name unknown, four-o'clock

  • Language
    , English
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Caryophyllales

  • Family

    Nyctaginaceae

  • All Determinations

    Mirabilis jalapa L. det B. C. Bennett, 1990
    Note: no specialist-accept preliminary det

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Centro Shuar Yukutais. Cultivated near the house of Josefina Antuash

  • Coordinates

    -3.5, -78.17

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    ENVIRONMENTAL USES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Environmental Uses)

  • Level 3 Use

    Ornamental

  • Use Notes

    The Shuar cultivate this species in house gardens

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