Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

  • Collector(s)

    A. Warush 49, 31 Aug 1985

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. El Centro Shuar Pampants; Rio Kankaim (Cangaime).

  • Habitat

    Hierba de la huerta. Comun.

  • Description

    Cuando se toca el tallo cortado da bastante comeson; hoja redonda, verde oscura. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 192108

    Occurrence ID: 91d223e0-eec8-440e-a507-dd08fcc598d1

  • 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

    urianchum sanke, wanchup, cocoyam, malanga

  • Language
    Shuar, Achuar-Shiwiar, English, Spanish
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Alismatales

  • Family

    Araceae

  • All Determinations

    Xanthosoma violaceum Schott
    Note: det. by T. Croat?

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    El Centro Shuar Pampants; Rio Kankaim (Cangaime)

  • Elevation

    Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -2.78, -77.6

  • 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

    Tubers and "heart" are edible. Xanthosoma violaceum and related species are cultivated throughout the moist tropics. Both tubers and young leaves are edible.

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MORONA SANTIAGO: El Centro Shuar Pampants; Rio
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Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
Nombre Shuar: URIANCHUM SÄNKE
Los tubérculos sirven para comer.
Amelia Warush RBAE49	31 Agosto 1985
Herbarios QAME-QCNE-MO-NY; ayuda de USAID
00192108