Lacmellea

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Lacmellea

  • Collector(s)

    B. M. Boom 6611, 18 May 1986

  • Location

    Venezuela. Bolívar. Cedeño Mun. vicinity of Panare village of Corozal, 6 km from Maniapure toward Caicara.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4193512

    Occurrence ID: 40a95634-cd3f-4a5c-927f-6e758e2311ef

  • 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

    kahka' kai tipeñ

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Lacmellea

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Bolívar

  • County/Municipio

    Cedeño Mun.

  • Locality

    vicinity of Panare village of Corozal, 6 km from Maniapure toward Caicara

  • Elevation

    Alt. 90 - 400 m. (295 - 1312 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    6.92, -66.5

  • 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

    edible fruit

Det. A.J.M. Leeuwenberg, 19-
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
The New York Botanical Garden
PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
Ethnobotany of the Panare Indians
No. 6611
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BOTANICAL
Garde**
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Edo. Bolivar: Dist. Cedefio, vicinity of Panare
village of Corozal, 6 km from Maniapure toward
Caicara, 6°55'N, 66°30'W. Semi deciduous forest
on granitic slopes and savanna, 400 m elev.
Ecological inventory voucher: Plot 7, tree 546.
Tree 15 m tall, 24.4 cm DBH. Spreading plank
buttresses. Outer bark brown, soft, flaky;
inner bark hard, flesh-colored. No exudate,
n.v. kahka' kai' tipefi ¿JiUc,
Brian Boom & Sondra Wentzel	18 May 1986
In collaboration with Herbario Universitario
(PORT). Funded by The Charles A. Lindbergh Fund
04193512