Miconia holosericea (L.) DC.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  El Beni

• County/Municipio

  Vaca Díez Prov.

• Locality

  Vicinity of the Chacobo village Alto Ivon.

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -11.75, -66.03

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BOLIVIA
Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians
No. 4292	Melastomataceae
Dept, of Beni, Prov. of Vaca Diez. Vicinity of the Chacobo village Alto Ivon,
11°45'S 66°02'W. Tropical Wet Forest, terra firme. Elev. ca. 200 m.
Tree 10.0 cm x 8 m. Not buttressed.
Outer bark brown, scaly; inner bark
flesh colored. No exudate.
Advanced secondary forest. Voucher for
ethnoecological forest inventory: Plot
14, Tree 90. Chacobo Name: Bimichexe.
Use: fruit eaten.
27	Jan 1984
Brian M. Boom	_Date_
Field work funded by the E.J. Noble Foundation
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