| Collector | Barfod, A.S. |
| Number | 41622 |
| Collected with | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | CARCHI |
| County | |
| Locality | San Marcos. Along trail going by the school to Río Juan and back via Santiago Dinero's house. Ethnobot. inform.: Herman Dinero. |
| Coordinates | 1° 7' N 78° 20' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 660 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 660 |
| Start date | 1983/03/02 |
| End date | 1983/03/02 |
| Family | Gesneriaceae |
| Identification | Columnea rubriacuta (Wiehler)L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog |
| Determined by | L. P. Kvist, 1988 |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Herb. With scandent shoots. Flowers yellow with red bracts. Leaves blood red beneath and red toward the apex above. Nom. vern.: Guetch (Span.). Use: For "Chutun" (generel indisposition with headaches and pains of the body). Prep.: The crude leaves are crushed under water and the extract used for preparing a bath. |
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