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Collector Ellemann, L.
Number 66654
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart LOJA
County  
Locality 5 km south of Saraguro. Information of vernacular name and use: Rodrigo Quezada.
Coordinates 3° 38' S 79° 15' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3000
Maximum elevation (m) 3100
Start date 1988/11/01
End date 1988/11/01
Family Scrophulariaceae
Identification Stemodia suffruticosa H.B.K.
Determined by Molau, U. (GB), 1991.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Shrub, flowers blue. Vernacular quichua name: shipirpil. Use: medicine for "pasmo" (tropical disease), micros on sexual organs, allergy with skin eruption and itching: the sap from the crushed plant is heated and used for washing every second day.

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