AAU Herbarium Database

New Search   Modify Search

Collector Balslev, H.
Number 4554
Collected with and D. Irvine
Country Ecuador
Subpart NAPO
County  
Locality Comuna San José de Payamino at Río Payamino 4-5 hours upstream from Coca in motor cano. Tropical rain forest and old gardens. Information: Silverio Jipa (33 years, married, 4 kids) and others from the community.
Coordinates 0° 30' S 77° 18' W
Minimum elevation (m) 300
Maximum elevation (m) 300
Start date 1983/12/01
End date 1983/12/07
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Costus chartaceus Maas
Determined by P.J.M.Maas
Identification qualifier  
Field notes "Quichua: ""Allpalla-shangu"". Rhizome-geophyte, 1 m high. Bracts red, calyx white, corolla red. Medicinal: ""Maqui balteachina paja"". Cook the plant, steam the patient."

This record
Other records of Costus chartaceus

The map displays only records from the Aarhus Herbarium Database.
The records may not represent the full distribution of Costus chartaceus

New Search   Modify Search