Otoba glycycarpa (Ducke) W.A.Rodrigues & T.S.Jaramillo

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Carchi

• Locality

  Awá Indigenous Territory. Community of Gualpi Alto. S-SE of Don Frolian's house.

• Elevation

  Alt. 825 m. (2707 ft.)

• Coordinates

  1.02, -78.3

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Plants of Ecuador
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Otoba glycycarpa (Ducke) W. Rodr.
det: W. A.Rodrigues, 1996
ECUADOR. Carchi Province. Awà Indigenous Territory.
Community of Gualpi Alto. S-SE of Don Froilan's house. Very humid premontane
forest. Primary forest. 01 o01'N, °78°18'W. 825 m.
Tree to 25 m; exudate tranparent; fruit round w/ aril white.
NV: Cuangare [Spanish] (Inf. Froilan Rodriguez)
USES: Comestible {fruit}, eaten by "guatusos"
A. Ortiz 774, with E.Loachamin, I. Berg, J.	19-Nov-95
Martinsons, Froilan Rodriguez, Narciso Rodriguez
Fieldwork supported by U. S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and
Metropolitan Life Foundation
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