Acalypha L.

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Acalypha

  • Collector(s)

    B. C. Bennett 3391, 30 Aug 1988

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Centro Shuar Yukutais, 10km S Sucua, Rio Upano, roadside N of bridge near school.

  • Habitat

    Young secondary forest.

  • Description

    Weak shrub to 1.5m; stigmas red. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 41587

    Occurrence ID: 35713484-b5fc-40fb-8680-49c61cee8604

  • Local Name

    name unknown

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Acalypha L.
    Note: G/D MJHuft MO 10/89

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Centro Shuar Yukutais, 10km S Sucua, Rio Upano, roadside N of bridge near school

  • Coordinates

    -2.52, -78.15

  • Distribution

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  • Level 1 Use

    FUELS/LUMINARIES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Fuels/Luminaries)

  • Level 3 Use

    Fuelstuff

  • Use Notes

    The stem is used...and for firewood

  • Level 1 Use

    MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Materials and Products)

  • Level 3 Use

    Utensils

  • Use Notes

    The stem is used as a skewer to cook food

Manuscript voucher of Bradley Bennett’s
Ethnobotany of the Shuar of Eastern Ecuador.
Plant Resources of Amazonian Ecuador
The New York Botanical Barden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Plant Resources of Asazonian Ecuador Project
Acalypha
EUPHORBIACEAE
Morona-Santiago.
Sucua, Rio Upano
school. 02°31*S> 78°09’W.
forest.
Centro Shuar Yukutais, 10km S
roadside N of bridge near
BfM|	Young secondary
Weak shrub to 1.5m> stigmas red.
B. Bennett 3391
August 30, 1988
Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Developsent
00041587