Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp.

  • Collector(s)

    P. Gómez Andrade 457, 24 Sep 1988

  • Location

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

  • Habitat

    Cultivated area.

  • Description

    Herb 10-15cm; inflorescence capitate; flowers small, white-cream. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 41592

    Occurrence ID: 0ff702fa-5a21-4d5e-b25d-351c68460f80

  • 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

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Centro Shuar Yukutais, 10km S of Sucua, Rio Upano, Josefina Antich's 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

The New York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Plant Resources of fiiazonian Ecuador Project
EUPHORBIACEAE
Euphorbia
Morona-Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais, 10km S
Sucua, Rio Upanoj Josefina Antich’s garden
house. 02°31’S, 78°097W. Cultivated area.
Herb 10-15cmj inflorescence capitate; flowers
small, white-cream.
P. Gomez A. 457	September 24, 1988
Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Develop»ent
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00041592
BOTANICAL
Garde**,
Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
REPORT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
Field Museum of Natural History
Kir-ta Ifit
Michael J. Huft
00041592