Tabernaemontana cuspidata Rusby

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  El Beni

• County/Municipio

  Vaca Díez Prov.

• Locality

  Vicinity of the Chácobo 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 CMcobo Indians
4930
Apocynaceae
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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.
Shrub 2 m tall. Perianth green. White latex
exudate. Advanced secondary forest.
Chacobo Name: Yotabi.
Use: Leaves are boiled and placed over
infected wounds to reduce swelling.
Tabernaemontana cuspidata Rusby
(sWoytkowskia spermatochorda Woods.)
Det. A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, 19 ... Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
Brian M. Boom
Field work funded by the E.J. Noble Foundation
1 Apr 1
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