Plantas útiles de los Kichwa, centro-norte de la Amazonia ecuatoriana

and Napo, Sucumbíos’s province, in Ecuador, the coordinates (centre) are 00°24’19.1”S -76°05’05.9”W, 279m of altitude, zone of life humid tropical forest, vegetable formations: forest always green of low lands irrigated for white waters, forest always green of low lands irrigated for black waters, and forest of palms of low lands. The fieldwork was maked during several trips in 2009, 2010 and 2011, where the vegetation was assessed by the application of 9 temporary plots ¼ of hectare for species ≥ 10 cm dbh, 10 sets of transects of 0.1 hectare for species ≥ 2.5 cm dbh, and random collections. The ethno botanical information was obtained by interviewing people of the Kichwa nationality, they are: Silverio Greffa Bustos, Hermas Duende Andi and Isac Tapuy Tuñi. Additionally, the information about the samples was deposited at the herbarium QAP, corresponding to the sectors: Limoncocha, Shayari, River Yasuni Yutury and Tamia Yura with the informants: Domingo Andi, Abel Greffa, Bartolo Papa, Juan Tapuy, y Camilo Tapuy. Kichwa names were obtained and the utilities of 500 plant species, the categories with more uses are: Animal feed, fuel, commercial and construction, whorls, stem, fruit, leaf and bark are the most used, while the species are: Dacryodes peruviana “Copal”, Hasseltia floribunda “Sara muyo”, Prunus debilis “Sindi”, Socratea exorrhiza “Chingo” (7 utilities), Astrocaryum urostachys “Ramos yura”, Casearia arborea “Guayaba muyo”, Lacistema nena “Payatzo”, Ochroma pyramidale “Yana balsa”, Otoba parvifolia “Huapa yura”, Platymiscium stipulare “Yahuar kaspi”, Richeria racemosa “Camu camu”, and Symphonia globulifera “Barea kaspi” (6 utilities), They are the most utilities provide. The names of the plants are mostly Kichwa, but there are also Kichwa - Spanish names and only Spanish names; formed of two words, with lesser amounts of one, three and four words.

• Huvudupphovsman: Cerón, Carlos (author)
• Övriga upphovsmän: Reyes, Carmita (author), Jiménez, Edison (author)
• Materialtyp: article
• Språk: spa
• Publicerad: 2012
• Länkar: https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/CINCHONIA/article/view/2365