• Filed As

    —

  • Collector(s)

    W. L. Balée 1192 with B. Ribeiro, 06 Aug 1985

  • Location

    Brazil. Pará. Viseu Mun. Basin of the Rio Gurupi; Tembé Indian Reserve, 6 km SSW of F.U.N.A.I. Post Canindé.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05057283

    Occurrence ID: 7c2a2169-e32e-4890-aa63-d8b692bd963b

  • 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

    hykata'yw-čĩ

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Pará

  • County/Municipio

    Viseu Mun.

  • Locality

    Basin of the Rio Gurupi; Tembé Indian Reserve, 6 km SSW of F.U.N.A.I. Post Canindé

  • Coordinates

    -1.2, -46.1167

  • Level 1 Use

    FUELS/LUMINARIES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Fuels/Luminaries)

  • Level 3 Use

    Luminary

  • Use Notes

    resin used for illumination, commercialized.

  • Level 1 Use

    FUELS/LUMINARIES

  • Level 2 Use

    Fuelwood

  • Level 3 Use

    Fuelstuff

  • Use Notes

    excellent firewood

1192
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BRAZIL - State of Pari
Burseraceae
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Protium sprucéanum Engl.
Municipio de Viseu; basin of the Rio Gurupi;
Tembe Indian Reserve; 6km SSW of F.U.N.A.I.
Post Caninde.
- Terre firme moist forest on mild slope.
- Tree; cm DBH: 20.0
n.v.; hykat9'yw-ci
* "white res in-tree"; resin used for ±Hu-
• nination, commercialized; excellent firewood*
Inventory voucher# 122
W.L. Balee & B.G. Ribeiro ~	6	August 198S
Funds for fieldwork generously provided by
the Edward John Noble Foundation.
05057283