Marantaceae FAMILY

Ischnosiphon puberulus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ischnosiphon puberulus is a herbaceous perennial plant forming a clump of growth 1.2 - 4.5 metres tall from an underground rhizome[ 921 Title Participatory Research and Management of Aruma (Ischnosiphon gracilis[Rudge] Körn., Marantaceae) by the Kaiabi Peopl Publication Journal of Ethnobiology 26(1): 36 - 59 Author Simone Ferreira de Athayde et al. Website http://www.ethnobiology.org Publisher Journal of Ethnobiology Year 2006 ISBN 0278-0771 Description Research into the management of Ischnosiphon gracilis as a resource for basket making. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of material for basket making and weaving.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas.

HabitatA herbaceous plant in the understorey of primary rain forest[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].