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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 4570
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 Melastomataceae
Identification Maieta guianensis Aublet
Determined by  
Identification qualifier  
Field notes "Quichua: ""Pishcu-micuna-muyu-yura"". A 1 m high, soft shrub, growing in a dense stand ca 10 x 10 m in the forest, excluding other plants from where it grows and killing the plants at the perifery of the stand leaving a 1 m wide brown belt with only leaflitter. Birds eat it, otherwise of no use. "

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