Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.

  • Collector(s)

    P. Gómez Andrade 413, 27 Aug 1988

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais, 10km S of Sucua, Rio Upano, in Josefina Antich garden house.

  • Habitat

    Young secondary forest.

  • Description

    Herb 10-20cm; inflorescence a capitulum; flowers very small, white-cream. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 41593

    Occurrence ID: d4410c52-242e-4d55-81ad-3bbe5b17f30e

  • 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

    name unknown

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. det M. J. Huft, 1990
    Note: Chamaesyce cf. hirsuta on label [mispelling of hirta?]

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Centro Shuar Yukutais, 10km S of Sucua, Rio Upano, in Josefina Antich garden house

  • Coordinates

    -2.52, -78.15

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Infections/Infestations

  • Level 3 Use

    Antiparasitic

  • Use Notes

    The Shuar kill burrowing organisms, such as botflies, with the plant's latex

  • Level 1 Use

    MEDICINES

  • Level 2 Use

    Infections/Infestations

  • Level 3 Use

    Antiparasitic

  • Use Notes

    Intestinal parasites

Field Museum of Natural History
CWItîr-U CL.) tñillt*.
Michael J. Huft
The New York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador Project-
Chamaesyce cf. hirsuta
EUPHORBIACEAE
Morona-Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais» 10km S
Sucua» Rio Upanoi in Josefina Antich garden
house. 0E°31,S, 78°09’W. Young secondary
forest.
Herb 10-20cm; inflorescence a capitulumj flowers
very small» white-cream.
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
REPORT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHEF
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
P. Gomez A. 4-13
August 27j 1988
Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development
00041593