Himatanthus sucuuba (Spruce) Woodson

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Monção Mun.

• Locality

  Basin of the Rio Turiaçu; Ka'apor Indian Reserve; within 7 km of the settlement of Urutawy.

• Coordinates

  -3.16603, -45.9381

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  24337

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located Urutawy, 19km E of Post Guajá within Alto Turiaçu Reserve (Forline, 1997). Linear extent roughly found as halved dist. betwn coordinates + Ze Doca (nearby villages difficult to find). Offset info (7km) entered into MaNIS Georef Calc to find uncert

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BRAZIL— State of Maranhao
No.
832
Apocynaceae
NEW YORK SOTANtCAl GARDEN
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botanical
Qardc»*,
Himatanthus sucuuba
Municipio de Mongao: Basin of the Rio Turiagu;
Ka'apor Indian Reserve; within 7 km of the
settlement of Urutawy.
Moist terra firme forest
Habit I small tree of secondary growth
Inventory voucher #CG40 (Sterile)
Use :	latex	used lor stomachace, bad diarrhea
n.v.: kujeri'y ra
W.L* Balde & B.G. Ribeiro	16	Feb.	1985
Field work supported by Edward John Noble Foundation
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