Research Article

Distribution and Transmission of Medicinal Plant Knowledge in the Andean Highlands: A Case Study from Peru and Bolivia

Table 4

Medicinal plants from Waca Playa, Bolivia, mentioned by 6 or more households ( ). Households: number of households who mentioned the plant. Voucher numbers: SM no. (B) = Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel no. (Bolivia), RB no. = Regine Brandt no. Source: source of indirect scientific name identification: [a]  =  [44], [b]= [49].

Local name(s)Scientific namePlant familyHouseholdsVoucher numbers [or source]

andres huayllaCestrum parqui L’HérSolanaceae17SM9(B), SM132(B), SM88(B)
chini muña, muñaClinopodium bolivianum (Benth.) KuntzeLamiaceae11SM15(B), SM93(B)
cocaErythroxylum coca Lam.Erythroxylaceae16[a]
duraznoPrunus persica (L.) BatschRosaceae7SM55(B)
kalisto, eucaliptoEucalyptus globulus Labill.Myrtaceae16SM6(B), SM14(B), SM87(B)
khara malva, malvaMalva parviflora L.Malvaceae8SM32(B), SM33(B), SM73(B), SM83(B)
khara sapi, kharasa, leche lecheSonchus oleraceus L.Asteraceae8SM58(B), SM66(B), SM134(B)
k’oa muña, haya muña, muñaMinthostachys ovata (Briq.) EplingLamiaceae11SM10(B), SM76(B), SM57(B)
lanti lantiPlantago spp. (P. orbignyana Steinh. ex Decne., P. lanceolata L.)Plantaginaceae6SM61(B), SM103(B)-SM125(B), SM129(B)
llaveTripodanthus acutifolius (Ruiz and Pav.) TieghAsteraceae9[b]
manzanillaMatricaria chamomilla L.Asteraceae10SM62(B)
molleSchinus molle L.Anacardiaceae15SM16(B), SM89(B)
paiqoChenopodium ambrosioides L.Amaranthaceae7SM29(B), SM60(B), SM67(B), SM91(B)
raqacho, raqa raqaLepechinia graveolens (Regel) EplingLamiaceae9SM18(B)
romansa, lanti lantiRumex sp.Polygonaceae10SM22(B), SM70(B)
salviaUndet.8
saucoSambucus nigra L. subsp. peruviana (Kunth) BolliAdoxaceae7SM75(B)
sira ch’ilkaUndet.6
sira paiqo, ch’ini paiqoChenopodium ambrosioides L.Amaranthaceae14SM128(B)
t’olaBaccharis dracunculifolia DC.Asteraceae7SM13(B), SM100(B)
uri uriPluchea fastigiata Griseb.Asteraceae7RB47.14
verbenaVerbena hispida Ruiz and Pav.Verbenaceae8SM72(B)
wacanwayoIresine aff. diffusa Humb. and Bonpl. ex Willd.Amaranthaceae8SM113(B)
wira wiraGnaphalium dombeyanum DC.Asteraceae8SM94(B), SM127(B)
zapatillaCalceolaria engleriana Kraenzl.Calceolariaceae6SM21(B), SM78(B)