Marantaceae FAMILY

Ischnosiphon cerotus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ischnosiphon cerotus 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 much used in traditional basketry in many of the areas in which it grows, being commonly harvested from the wild.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia.

HabitatA herbaceous plant in the understorey of primary rain forest, at elevations up to 600 metres[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. , 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. ].