Eschweilera coriacea (DC.) S.A.Mori

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Maranhão

• County/Municipio

  Monção Mun.

• Locality

  Basin do Rio Turiaçu; Ka'apor Indian Reserve; 4 Km NW of settlement of Urutawy. Regeneration less than 10 cm DBH from one five sub-plots 5m X 1m.

• Coordinates

  -3.14045, -45.9635

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  17707

• 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 coord. (4km NW) + uncert. found using MaNIS Georef Calc

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

• Level 1 Use

  FUELS/LUMINARIES

• Level 2 Use

  Unspecified (Fuels/Luminaries)

• Level 3 Use

  Fuelstuff

• Use Notes

  Bark used as firebrand for burning swiddens

• Level 1 Use

  FUELS/LUMINARIES

• Level 2 Use

  Fuelwood

• Level 3 Use

  Fuelstuff

• Use Notes

  Bark used as firebrand for burning swidden

• Level 1 Use

  MEDICINES

• Level 2 Use

  Digestive System Effects/Disorders

• Level 3 Use

  Antidiarrheal

• Use Notes

  Anti-diarrhetic

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Institute of Economic Botany
PLANTS OF BRAZIL— State of Maranhao
No. 32	Lecythidaceae
Eschweilera coriacea (A- P* de Candolle)
Martius ex Berg Det. S. Mori, 1986
Municipio d# Hongao: Basin of the Rio Turiaguj
Ka'apor Indian Reserve; 4km NW of settlement of
Urutawy.
Moist terra firme forest on mild slope.
Tree 28.3 cm DBH.
Inventory voucher #546
Uses: Bark used as firebrand for burning swiddens;
bark used as blood coagulant; anti-diarrhetic
n.v.: parawa'y
W.L. Balde & B.G. Ribeiro	28	Jan. 1985
Field work supported by John Edward Noble Foundation
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