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Magnoliopsida
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer
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Isotype for Guarea punctulata C. DC.
Catalog Number: US 2624020
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. F. M. Glaziou
Locality: Brazil, South America
- Isotype: Candolle, A. C. P. de. 1907. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve. 10: 145.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
Paratype for Guarea pubescens (Rich.) A. Juss.
Catalog Number: US 1455034
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. Klug
Year Collected: 1929
Locality: Mishuyacu, near Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, South America
Elevation (m): 100 to 100
- Paratype: Macbride, J. F. 1949. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13 (3): 764.
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Restauração, Arborização urbana
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Isotype for Sycocarpus rusbyi Britton
Catalog Number: US 1381178
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. H. Rusby
Year Collected: 1886
Locality: Eastern Bolivia., Bolivia, South America
- Isotype: Britton, N. L. 1887. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 14 (7): 143.
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Root and Stem: In Guyana, a decoction of the root and bark is used as a powerful emetic. Root: Decoction used as a douche in Guyana. Used for biliousmess and to induce womiting in NW Guyana.
Isotype for Guarea puberula Pittier
Catalog Number: US 1778768
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. Delgado
Year Collected: 1938
Locality: Confluence of Rivers Guamitas and Rancho Grande., Venezuela, South America
- Isotype: Pittier, H. F. 1938. Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 4: 357.
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Stem: Decoction of the bark is used as an emetic, purgative, haemostatic, vomitive, and to treat infant's thrush. Bark used to induce vomiting in NW Guyana. Leaf: Boiled for an emetic. Root and Stem: Source of a juice for a purgative and violent emetic, which is also considered an emmenagogue and abortive; antiasthmatic. Juice is a corrosive poison which can be counteracted by an infusion of buds of Jatropha curcas.
Isotype for Guarea huberi var. peruviana J.F. Macbr.
Catalog Number: US 1455080
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. Klug
Year Collected: 1929
Locality: Mishuyacu, near Iquitos., Loreto, Peru, South America
Elevation (m): 100 to 100
- Isotype: Macbride, J. F. 1949. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13 (3): 764.
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Guyana Creole: buck vomit. Guyana Arawak: kufiballi, kufi-balli.