Trichosteleum papillosum (Hornsch.) A.Jaeger

The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BOLIVIA
Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians
No. 4115	Bryophyte
TRICHOSTELEUM PAPILLOSUM (Hornsch.) Jaeg
+ ISOPTERYGIUM cf. TENERUM (Sw.) Mitt.
Dept, of Beni, Prov. of Vaca Diez. Vicinity of the Chacobo village Alto Ivon
I1*45'S 66°02'W. Tropical Wet Forest, terra firme. Elev. ca. 200 m.
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Chacobo Name: mëhi
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Use: A decoction is drunk to alleviate
rheumatism.
Brian M. Boom
Field work funded by the E.J. Noble Foundation
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