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Collector Kvist, L. P.
Number 49036
Collected with Nissen, D.
Country Ecuador
Subpart PICHINCHA
County  
Locality Farmland and disturbed forest remnants in the Colorado Amerindian Community "Congoma Grande" located southeast of Santa domingo along the the road to Puerto Limon.
Coordinates 0° 21' S 79° 22' W
Minimum elevation (m) 300
Maximum elevation (m) 300
Start date 1983/12/10
End date 1983/12/10
Family Dennstaedtiaceae
Identification Lonchitis hirsuta L.
Determined by Moran, R. C. (AAU), 1994.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes "Terrestrial, leaves to 1.5 m long, rhizome creeping. Nom. vern.: Chí (Colorado). Use: For ritual bathes against diseases that make the patient feel warm (baño de fresco); and the young leaves are eaten. Prep.: The leaves are boiled before they are eaten."

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