Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz & Pav.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz & Pav.

  • Collector(s)

    P. W. Kasent 46, 22 Aug 1985

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Los alrededores del Centro Pimpints.

  • Habitat

    Comun.

  • Description

    Arbusto con tallo verde, bosque; hojas verdes; flores verdes; frutos amarillos; pepas negras; tiene leche blanca. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 191870

    Occurrence ID: fa770985-76cb-4d86-ac79-58bcb9305a97

  • 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

    kunápip, kunápip

  • Language
    Shuar, Achuar-Shiwiar
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz & Pav. det A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, 1988
    Note: =Bonafousia sananho

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Los alrededores del Centro Pimpints

  • Elevation

    Alt. 800 m. (2625 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

    eat area of fruit around seed The Aguaruna give Kunapip to their dogs to improve their hunting ability (Brown 1981). The Secoya do likewise (Vickers and Plowman 1984). Schultes and Raffuaf (1990) describe many medicinal uses of T. sananho including analgesic, antipyretic, calmative, contraceptive, diuretic, emetic, and as a post-partum tonic.

  • Level 1 Use

    ANIMAL FOOD AND FEED

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Animal Food and Feed)

  • Level 3 Use

    Forage

  • Use Notes

    birds eat the part of the fruit surrounding the seed

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Digestive System Effects/Disorders

  • Level 3 Use

    Antiodontalgic

  • Use Notes

    Toothache

Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz Sc Pav.
(=Bonafousia sananho (Ruiz & Pav.)
Mgf.)
Det. A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, 19 -SB— Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
Special thanks to Programa Nacional
Forestal, MAG and USAID;
Herbaria QAME, QCNE, MO, NY.
FLORA DEL ECUADOR
Recursos Botánicos del Bosque Tropical
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
MORONA SANTIAGO. Los alrededores del Centro
Pimpints, 800m.
Arbusto de tallo verde, bosque, común; hojas
verdes; flores verdes; frutos amarillos; pepas
negras; tiene leche blanca.
00191870
Shuar names:KUNAPPI
Se usa la corteza mesclada con agua para tomar
caliente y vomitar; para el perro se chanca la
corteza y hace tomar las gotas para que no sea
bago; el fruto se chupa pero las pepas se bota;
también para dolor de muelas..
BOTANICAL
P. Wachapa Kasent RBAE46
22 de Agosto 1985
00191870