Pothomorphe peltata (L.) Miq.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• Locality

  Basin of Rio Morona, Rio Mangosiza. Mission of Miazal, 45 km ESE of Sucua (by air). Along path to Don Alfonso Juan's house, just S of Miazal

• Elevation

  Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -2.62, -77.63

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ECUADOR
Prov. Morona Santiago - Medicinal Plants of the Shuar
No. 124	Piperaceae
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Pothomorphe peltata L.	j *
Basin of Rio Morona, Rio Mangosiza. Mission of
Miazal, 45 km ESE of Sucua (by air) ca. 2°37'S,
77°38'W. Undulating terrain, soils sandy. Elev. ca.
300 m. In cleared area along path to Don Alfonso
Juan's house, just S of Miazal.
Little-branched herb to 1.5m, flowers finger-
shaped, 3-8cm long, leaves with pink secondary veins,
otherwise identical to CFL106 (see uses for this pit.)
N.V.: natsampar (Shuar)
Principal interest: leaves included in remedy
given for symptoms resemblin colo-rectal carcinoma
(chronic rectal bleeding). Also included in remedy
for symptoms resembling oral carcinoma, rheumatoid
arthritis, and chronic stomach pain.
C. F. LIMBACH, M.D._18 Feb., 1990
Funded by the Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc.
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