Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Loreto

• County/Municipio

  Maynas Prov.

• Locality

  Río Yaguasyacu, affluent of Río Ampiyacu. Brillo Nuevo and vicinity.

• Coordinates

  -2.67, -72

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Economic Botany of the Bora Indians: Peru
Leguminosae
No. 1037
(l ?)
Dept. Loreto, Prov. Maynas: Rio Yaguasyacu, affluent of Rio Ampiyacn.
Brillo Nuevo and vicinity, approx. lat. 2°40/, long. 72°00'
Herb 1 meter tall in grassy field. Flowers
yellow.
Bora: taábohe
Uses As a dye for Astrocaryum hammocks,
hacerate leaves with water, soak in water
for one day; as dark as you wish the color
to be, that is the length of time one
leaves the fiber in the solution.
M.J.Balick,J.P.Razon,D.R.Allon 2/78
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