Paullinia yoco

Botanical Description

Paullinia yoco is a vigorous climbing or scrambling plant. The stems are up to 12cm in diameter, they attach themselves to other vegetation by means of tendrils that eventually become woody[ 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. ]. The plant is very commonly used as a stimulating drink within its native range, and also as a medicinal plant, though it is very little known outside this area. It is usually harvested from the wild, but is occasionally cultivated[ 928 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol. 10 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard Botanical Museum; Cambridge, Mass. Year 1942 ISBN Description A botanical journal. ].