Sapotaceae

No botanical uses.

WARAO ETHNOBOTANY
Tree to 12m. Very hard wood. Flowers
white, stamens yellow, Fruit dehiscent cap-
sule. Fruit green.
Location: Hana Asitabaida, a tributary of
the Winikina River near the village of Ha-
na Kahamana in Delta Amacuro State, Ve-
nezuela.
Use: 1. Roof infiastructure; 2. fishing
poles.
Vernacular: Kuaruseru
Coll: Werner Wilbert, Wade Davis, Tirso
Rivero and Cecilia Ayala Lafee.
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BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Date: May 1997
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