Cyathea microdonta (Desv.) Domin

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Delta Amacuro

• Locality

  Depto. Antonio Díaz: riverine forest with varied tree growth, along Carto Atoiba, tributary of Boca Araguao.

• Elevation

  Alt. 50 m. (164 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.25, -60.9661

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Trichipteris microdonta (Desy.) Tryon
Determined by A.R.	198l
No. 11**713
11. v. "waji-ajo" (rabo de araguato)
Rachis spiny; trunk 0.7 m tall; rachis maho-
gany-brovrn or chestnut-purple j frond membra-
nous, pale green. Tip of frond boiled in
water used for curing colds (infusion taken
3 times a cay.
TERR. FED. DELTA AMACURO: Depto. Antonio
Diaz: riverine forest with varied tree
growth, along Carto Atoiba, tributary of Boca
Araguao, Lat. 9°15’N., Long. 60°57-58’W.
alt, 50 metros	16 Oct. 1977
col. Julian A. Steyermark, Ronald Liesner
& Francisco Delascio
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto
Botanico (Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales
Renovables). Field work supported by NSF (United States) and
CONICIT (Venezuela).
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