Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke

  • Collector(s)

    B. M. Boom 4491, 19 Feb 1984

  • Location

    Bolivia. El Beni. Vaca Díez Prov. Vicinity of Chácobo village Alto Ivon.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3950298

    Occurrence ID: b718f78e-0ab9-44bc-9f9b-2e7d49e2cc47

  • Local Name

    Chana Jisicato

  • Language
    Chácobo
  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    El Beni

  • County/Municipio

    Vaca Díez Prov.

  • Locality

    Vicinity of Chácobo village Alto Ivon

  • Elevation

    Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -11.75, -66.03

  • Location Notes

    [South America]

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    FUELS/LUMINARIES

  • Level 2 Use

    Fuelwood

  • Level 3 Use

    Fuelstuff

  • Use Notes

    Wood is used as a fuel to smoke raw rubber

The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BOLIVI^
Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians
' SPr
4491
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
Garden
The New York Botanical Garden
Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baili.) Ducke
det. B. Boom, 1996
The New York Botanical Garden
Casearia combaymensis Tul.
det. B. Booom, 1985
Flacourtiac
Dept, of Beni, Prov. of Vaca Diez. Vicinity of the Chacobo village Alto Ivon,
11°45'S 66*02'W. Tropical Wet Forest, terra firme. Elev. ca. 200 m.
Tree 14.0 cm x 15 m. Not buttressed. Outer
bark brown, scaly; inner bark red, brittle.
No exudate. Effervescence from slash.
Advanced secondary forset. Voucher for ethno-
ecological forest inventory: Plot 75, Tree 504,
Chacobo Name: Chana Jisicato. Use: Wood is
used as a fuel to smoke raw rubber.
Brian M. Boom
Datel9 Feb 1984
Field work funded by the E.J. Noble Foundation
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