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Ethnobotany
of the
Peruvian Amazon
an introduction
to medicinal and useful plants in the Amazonian region of Perú
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bibliographic references for this site
plants are organized alphabetically by name
most commonly used in the Peruvian Amazon.
Most do not have standard English common names.
Botanical name is italicized.
| achiote
Bixa orellan alacransillo
aguajillo
aguaje
ajo sacha
amasisa
amor seco
angel sisa
ayahuasca
barbasco
bolsa mullaca
bombanaje
cacao
café
caimito
camalonga
camote
camu camu
caña de azúcar
caña brava
capinurí
capirona
carambola
cashu (marañón)
castaña
catahua
cedro
clavo
huasca
chami
coca
cocona
copaiba
chambira
chiric sanango
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cordoncillo
Piper spp. cuma
ceba
curaré
escalera de mono
flor de muerto
granadilla venenosa
guaraná
guayaba
guaba
guayusaguisador
hierba luisa
huacapu huacrapona
Huama
huacrapona
huasai
huingo
irapay
lacarto caspi leche caspi llanten
lupuna (ceiba; kapok)
malva
mango
motelo
sanango
ñucñu pichana
huambisa;oco
yagé; chaliponga; chagrapangaa
ojé
icoja
jaboncillo
jergón sacha
leche caspi
maracuyá
paico
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palo sangre
palta
pampa orégano
pan de árbol
pandisho
papailla
pichana albahaca
piña
piñon blanco
piñon negro
pona
puca panga
remo
caspi
renaquilla
retama amarilla
rosa sisa
sacha culantro
sacha mango
sangre
de grado
Santa María
sapodilla
shiringa
shapumba
tagua
tamamuri
teta de vaca
tumbo
ubos
ungurahui
uña
de gato
verbena
verdolaga
yahuar piri piri
yuca; cassava; manioc
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A Selected Bibliography of the Amazon
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