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Type of: Xanthosoma kvistii Croat & Delannay

Collector Kvist, L.P.
Number 48347
Collected with A. Barfod & D. Nissen
Country Ecuador
Subpart ESMERALDAS
County  
Locality Zapallo Grande, a mixed Afro-latin and Cayapa Amerindian community along Río Cayapa. Secondary vegetation and disturbed rain forests close to village.
Coordinates 0° 48' N 78° 54' W
Minimum elevation (m) 200
Maximum elevation (m) 200
Start date 1983/10/19
End date 1983/10/25
Family Araceae
Identification Xanthosoma kvistii Croat & Delannay
Determined by T. Croat
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Herb, 50 cm, spathe green in the lower part covering the female part of spadix, otherwise greenish white, spadix green. Nom. vern.: Hè-kon-go-chi. Use: for bites of the snake Equis. Preparation: the boiled leaves are used to wrap around the swelled tissue. This treatment is said to lower the swelling.

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