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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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the western Amazon
edited by
Otorongo
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Iquitos, Perú
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
oco
yagé; chaliponga; chagrapanga; huambisa
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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