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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 4369 |
| Collected with | and E. Asanza |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | NAPO |
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| Locality | Río Cuyabeno below inlet of Río Tarapui, Pto. Bolivar, in garden of Victoriano Criollo. Native indian garden in tropical rain forest. |
| Coordinates | 1° 5' S 76° 10' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 230 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 230 |
| Start date | 1983/07/28 |
| End date | 1983/07/28 |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Identification | Manihot esculenta Crantz |
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| Field notes | Siona: "An-só". Spanish: "Yuca". A 2 m high shrub cultivated for its starchy tubers. These are eaten boiled as the main carbo hydrate source (together with Musa). The "yuca" is also used for making "chicha" which is a nourishing drink, which is sometimes left to ferment to produce an alcoholic beaverage. The plant also produces a bread baked from the mashed tubers and sweatened with Ipomoea, or it may be dried to produce a "grenola" like grain. |
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