Ocotea

  • Filed As

    Lauraceae
    Ocotea

  • Collector(s)

    W. L. Balée 3539, 04 Jul 1987

  • Location

    Brazil. Maranhão. Monçao Mun. Urutawi, Ka'apor Indian Reserve, basin of Rio Turiaçu.

  • Habitat

    Open trail.

  • Description

    Tree; 6 cm. dbh. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00194539

    Occurrence ID: 25378ab3-e8d6-4a1b-9828-9022929b2564

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Laurales

  • Family

    Lauraceae

  • All Determinations

    Ocotea det H. H. van der Werff, 1990

    Ocotea opifera Mart.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Maranhão

  • County/Municipio

    Monçao Mun.

  • Locality

    Urutawi, Ka'apor Indian Reserve, basin of Rio Turiaçu

  • Coordinates

    -3.16603, -45.9381

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    16792

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located Urutawy village, 19 km E of Post Guajá within Alto Turiaçu Reserve (Forline, 1997). Linear extent roughly found as halved dist. betwn coordinates + Ze Doca (as villages within reserve are difficult to locate). Uncert. found using MaNIS Georef Calc

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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The He« York Botanical Barden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Coaparative Ethnobotany of Tupi-Buarani Indians Project
Determined by Henk van der Werff 199 Cl
Missouri Botanical Garden
Ocotea opifera Mart.
LAURACEAE
BRAZIL, Maranhao. Mun. Mon9ao. Urutawi,
Ka7apor Indian Reserve, basin of Rio TuriaSu.
Open trail.
YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00194539
Tree.
n.y.: aaha-syra (“white deer tree").
USE: Coaestible for qaae {fruit)
DBH*. 6.Oca.
wU‘Hit 9 v A U A b I Wl uautb V » I U * V i
Eleaent for hunting aaulet {wood). Aids in the felling
of white forest oeer. Tie around dog collar
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BOTANICAL
W. Balée 3539
July ¡t, 1987
REPORT ANY REIDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
Funds provided by the Eduard John Noble Foundation
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00194539