Jessenia bataua (Mart.) Burret

• 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
No. 1013 f .	/	;
Jessenia bataua (Mart.)Burret
Dept. Loreto, Prov. Maynas: Bio Yaguasyacu, affluent of Rio Ampiyacn.
Brillo Nuevo and vicinity, approx. lat. 2°40/, long. 72°00/
Palm 20 meters tall in primary forest;
tierra firma. Leaves ca 9 metpfs long,
pinnate, ca 1,02 pinnae per side. Petiole
1 meter long, sheath 1 meter long by 70 cm
wide at base, with fibers., 8 meters to
flowering panicles, 2 in fruit, one in
flower, and one flower with qlosed bract.
Prophyll 97 cm long by 31 cm wide, brownish
green; bract 2 metets long, green with brown
stripes.
Spanish*"Ungarabe bianco"
Use: For the preparation of a beverage and \
an oil from the fruits, for^thatch an4
backpacks from the woven leaves, darts
from the spines and a snake bite remedy
from the germinatihg seeds*; ,
M.J.Balick.D.R.Allon,J.P.Razon	2/78
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