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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 3051
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Country Ecuador
Subpart NAPO
County  
Locality Laguna Jatuncocha ca 60 km south west of Nueva Roca fuerte. Island with terra firme and blackwater "pantano" swamp forest. Etnobotanical information by Sr. Abel Greja and Sra. de Flavio Cabrera.
Coordinates 1° 0' S 75° 27' W
Minimum elevation (m) 200
Maximum elevation (m) 200
Start date 1982/09/01
End date 1982/09/01
Family Euphorbiaceae
Identification Manihot esculenta Crantz
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Field notes "Quichua: Yuca. Shrub cultivated in garden of native house. Uses: Tubers edible. Preparations: Tubers pealed and boiled and eaten or the boiled tuber mashed and diluted in water to make a non alcoholic drink ""chicha""."

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