Aspidosperma excelsum Benth.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Aspidosperma excelsum Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    B. M. Boom 4202, 22 Jan 1984

  • Location

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4177124

    Occurrence ID: 8fe2a6d4-a429-4cbb-a953-8425e8e8b681

  • Related Publications

    [Article] Prance, Ghillean T., et al. 1987. Quantitative Ethnobotany and the Case for Conservation in Amazonia. Conservation Biol. 1 (4): 269-310.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1987.tb00050.x

  • Local Name

    chachama

  • Language
    Chacobo
  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    El Beni

  • County/Municipio

    Vaca Díez Prov.

  • Locality

    Vicinity of the Chácobo village Alto Ivon

  • Elevation

    Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -11.75, -66.03

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Ill-Defined Symptoms

  • Level 3 Use

    Malaise/fatigue

  • Use Notes

    bark scrappings boiled and decoction drunk to cure malaise

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04177124
Apo cynac eae
The New York Botanical Garden
Aspidosperma megalocarpon Muell. Arg. ?
det. A.J.M. Leeuwenberg, 1985
Dept, of Beni, Prov. of Vaca Diez. Vicinity of the Chacobo village Alto Ivon,
1 i°45'S 66*02'W. Tropical Wet Forest, terra firme. Elev. ca. 200 m.
Tree 12.5 cm x 7 m. Not buttressed.
Trunk deeply, fluted. Outer bark brown,
hard, lenticellate; inner bark eream
colored. Exudate a white, sticky, very
slow-flowing latex.
Advanced secondary forest. Voucher for
ethnoecological forest inventory. Plot
1, Tree 4. Chacobo Name: Chachama. Use
bark scrapings boiled and decoction
drunk to cure malaise.
Brian M. Boom
Field work funded by the E.J. Noble Foundation
Revisao de Aspidosperma Mart.
'dosperma
W. Marcondes - Ferreira
The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BOLIVIA
Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians
04177124