Book ID: 29227
BOOM, Brian M.
Ethnobotany of the Chacobo Indians, Beni, Bolivia. 2nd. ed. 1999. (Adv. in economic Botany,4). 5 tabs. 14 figs. 74 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Information about the history and current status of the tribe is given.This is followed by a description of the study area and the methodologyemployed. A total of 360 species of vascular plants, in at least 221genera and 79 families, are accounted for based on five months ofintensive collecting and interviewing in the Chacobo village of AltoIvon. Of this total, 305 species, in at least 197 genera and 75families, are recorded as being utilized by the Chacobo.