Family:
Urticaceae Juss.
Genus:
Pourouma Aubl.

Pourouma cecropiifolia Mart.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Honduras to S. Tropical America. It is used as a medicine and for food.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 100 - 1100 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 100–1100 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Chocó, La Guajira, Meta, Putumayo, Vaupés.
Habit
Tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Amabaibillo, Ambaiba uva, Bacoe, Bóchoa tsáha, Caima, Caimaron, Caimarón, Caimaron silvestre, Caimarón silvestre, Caimarona, Chiah, Cirpe, Cucupa

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
birajo, caimarón, caimarón de montaña, caimarón de monte, caimarón silvestre, caimarona, camarón silvestre, cucura, guarumo uvo, mentol caspi, uva, uva caimarón, uva caimarona, uva caimarona macho, uva de monte, uva llanera, uva macho, uvilla, uvo

[UPFC]
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru, Venezuela

Pourouma cecropiifolia Mart. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 9, 2013 s.coll. [02], Peru K000111785 No
Jul 9, 2013 Lao, R. [s.n.], Peru K000111782 No
Jul 9, 2013 Fox, W. [111], Peru K000111774 No
Jul 9, 2013 Fox, W. [111], Peru K000111775 No
Jul 6, 2013 Ule, E. [5265], Brazil K000946865 Yes
Jul 6, 2013 Ule, E. [5265], Brazil K000946864 Yes
Jul 3, 2013 Arostegui, A.V. [46], Peru K000111777 No
Jul 3, 2013 Arostegui, A.V. [46], Peru K000111778 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D. [1574], Mato Grosso K000578354 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Krukoff, B.A. [s.n.], Brazil K000946879 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Berg, C.C. [10408], Brazil K000946880 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Prance, G.T. [15791], Brazil K000946881 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Forero, E. [6419], Brazil K000946873 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Prance, G.T. [7503], Brazil K000946878 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5332], Brazil K000946872 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8332], Brazil K000946877 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5327], Brazil K000946871 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8469], Brazil K000946875 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [5327], Brazil K000946870 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8373], Brazil K000946876 Yes
Spruce [2023], Brazil K000946868 Yes
Spruce [2023] K000946866 Yes
Ule, E. [9314], Brazil K000946874 Yes
Spruce, R. [2023], Brazil K000946867 Yes
s.coll. [2023], Brazil K000946869 Yes
Rusby, H.H. [1599], Bolivia Pourouma uvifera K000512483 isotype Yes

First published in Reise Bras. 3: 1130 (1831)

Accepted by

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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