Geissospermum urceolatum A.H.Gentry

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Geissospermum urceolatum A.H.Gentry

  • Collector(s)

    E. Stijfhoorn 665, 11 Jun 1991

  • Location

    Bolivia. El Beni. Vaca Diez Prov. Vicinity of the Chácobo village Alto Ivón.

  • Habitat

    Advanced secondary forest. Very uncommon.

  • Description

    Tree 30m x 50cm dbh; bark deeply fissuerd; sap clear, bitter in trunk - white in twigs.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    NCI sample codes: leaf (Q65U-1588-K; twig (Q65U-1589-L); stem wood (Q65U-1590-M); bark Q65U-1591-N); root (Q65U-1592-O)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01527985

    Occurrence ID: e68b0b47-7564-4966-b6f2-b3fb224b74d2

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    El Beni

  • County/Municipio

    Vaca Diez Prov.

  • Locality

    Vicinity of the Chácobo village Alto Ivón

  • Elevation

    Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -11.85, -66.03

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BOLIVIA, Dept, of Beni. Prov^of Vaca Diez.
Vicinity of the Ch&cobo village Alto Iv6n.
Tropical Wet Forest, terra firme, ll°51,Sr
66°t)2'W. 200m. Advanced secondary forest.
Very uncommon.
Tree 30m x 50cM dbh; bark deeply fiss; sap
clear, bitter in trunk - white in twigs.
i.?.: iihni loca jChicobo],
USE; Bark decoction drunk to cure lmr-probleis, stoiachache
and voiiting. The tost powerful iedicinal plant the
Chkobo's use fro® the forest around Uto mi,
ICI Saiple codes; Q65U-158H (IF); 1589-L (Tl); 1590-1 (IS); 1591-1
(BI); 1592-0 (IT)
Eirik Stijfhoorn 665	June 11, 1991
Fieldsork Supported by the national Cancer Institute
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