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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 4331
Collected with and L. Cox
Country Ecuador
Subpart NAPO
County  
Locality "Siona: ""Hua-dó"". Along Río Cuyabeno just below the inlet of Río Tarapui. Garden of house belonging to Siona-people in tropical rain forest."
Coordinates 0° 5' S 76° 10' W
Minimum elevation (m) 230
Maximum elevation (m) 230
Start date 1983/07/23
End date 1983/07/23
Family Iridaceae
Identification Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.)Urb.
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Field notes Siona: Hua-dó. A caespitose herb, entirely grasslike apart from the conspicuous white flowers with exerted? yellow anthers. Subterranean bulbs red with the color of red onions. Uses: Used against intestinal worms in dogs. The bulb is mashed and given to the dog. Information by Julio Criollo, schoolteacher in the comunity and son of the Siona-chief Victoriano Criollo.

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