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Taxon:
Ilex guayusa
Loes.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ilex
Family:
Aquifoliaceae
Nomen number:
411941
Place of publication:
Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78:310. 1901
Verified:
09/25/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Alvaro Duque, M. et al.
2002. Different floristic patterns of woody understorey and canopy plants in Colombian Amazonia. J. Trop. Ecol. 18:499-525.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
de la Torre, L. et al.
2008. Enciclopedia de las plantas útiles del Ecuador
Note:
Quito, Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Loizeau, P.-A.
1994. Les Aquifoliaceae péruviennes (Eléments pour une révision des Aquifoliaceae néotropicales). Boissiera 48:68, 177.
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Perrault-Archambault, M. & O. T. Coomes.
2008. Distribution of agrobiodiversity in home gardens along the Corrientes river, Peruvian Amazon. Econ. Bot. 62:109-126.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Schultes, R. E. & R. E. Raffauf.
1990. The healing forest: medicinal and toxic plants of the Northwest Amazonia.
Common names
English
guayusa –
Reference(s)
Quichua (Ecuador)
wayusa –
Reference(s)
wayusa panka –
Reference(s)
Shuar (Ecuador)
wais –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Peru)
huayusa –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
Acre
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Cauca
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Nariño
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Risaralda
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Morona Santiago
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Napo
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Pastaza
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Pichincha
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Zamora Chinchipe
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Cajamarca
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Loreto
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Pasco
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Loreto
Native
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
[Acre]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
[Cauca, Nariño, Risaralda, Amazonas],
Ecuador
[Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Zamora Chinchipe],
Peru
[Cajamarca, Loreto, Pasco]
Cultivated
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
[Loreto]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
beverage base
for the stimulant drink "guayusa" fide Healing Forest 80. 1990
Schultes, R. E. & R. E. Raffauf.
1990. The healing forest: medicinal and toxic plants of the Northwest Amazonia.
Medicines
folklore
fide Healing Forest 80. 1990
Schultes, R. E. & R. E. Raffauf.
1990. The healing forest: medicinal and toxic plants of the Northwest Amazonia.
Name
References