Geissospermum urceolatum A.H.Gentry

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Geissospermum urceolatum A.H.Gentry

  • Collector(s)

    E. Stijfhoorn 665, 11 Jun 1991

  • Location

    Bolivia. El Beni. Vaca Diez Prov. Vicinity of the Chácobo village Alto Ivón.

  • Habitat

    Advanced secondary forest. Very uncommon.

  • Description

    Tree 30m x 50cm dbh; bark deeply fissuerd; sap clear, bitter in trunk - white in twigs.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    NCI sample codes: leaf (Q65U-1588-K; twig (Q65U-1589-L); stem wood (Q65U-1590-M); bark Q65U-1591-N); root (Q65U-1592-O)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00041046

    Occurrence ID: 4734b369-fbec-461a-863b-564eb4769d0c

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Bolivia

  • State/Province

    El Beni

  • County/Municipio

    Vaca Diez Prov.

  • Locality

    Vicinity of the Chácobo village Alto Ivón

  • Elevation

    Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -11.85, -66.03

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BOLIVIA, Dept, of Beni. Prov. of Vaca Diez.
Vicinity of the Ch&cobo village Alto Iv6n.
Tropical Wet Forest, terra firme. ll°51'Sf
66°02'W. 200m. Advanced secondary forest.
Very uncommon.
Tree 30m x 50cM dbh; bark deeply fiss; sap
clear, bitter in trunk - white in twigs.
n.lM iihui loca [ChAcobo],
OSE: Bark decoction drunk to care liver-jrobleis, stoiachache
and voiiting. The lost powerful sedicinal plant the
Chicobo’s nse frot the forest around Alto lvfin,
SCI Sanple codes: Q6S0458H (LF); 1589-L (Tl); 1590-1 (US); 1591-1
(BE); 1592-0 (IT)
Eirik Stijfhoorn 665	June 11# 1991
Fieldwork Supported hj the National Cancer Institute.
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