Geonoma piscicauda Dammer

Determined by Michael J. Baiick
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[ECONOMIC HERBARIUM
OF
OAKES AMES
11/18/1979
G^Omonia piseicauda Dammer
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Economic botany of the Bora Indians: Peru
No. 990
Dept. Loreto, Prov. Maynas: Rio Yaguasyacu, affluent of Rio Ampiyacu.
Brillo Nuevo and vicinity, approx. lat. 2 40^, long. 72°00/
Balm, 1 m tall in Io forest, tierra firm. Orange
scales along rachis, peduncle red.
Bora:"tujuicyo”
Use: To thatch houses. "Gallina de Monte” eats
this fruit.
M.J.Baiick,D.R.Allon,J.P.Razon
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