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Collector Ellemann, L.
Number 66658
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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 Asteraceae
Identification Sonchus asper L.
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Field notes Herb, flowers yellow, white latex. Vernacular name: cerraja. Use: medicine to lower the fever: the sap is drunk together with orange juice three times a day. For "hurzuelo" (infection in the surrounding of the eye): a drop of the white latex is used at the infection.

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