Browsing Department of Botany by Author "Vargas, María Paula Balcázar"

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The Use of Hemiepiphytes as Craft Fibres by Indigenous Communities in the Colombian Amazon

Vargas, María Paula Balcázar; van Andel, Tinde (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005)

Aerial roots of hemiepiphytes are used throughout the Amazon Basin for house construction, basketry, traps and furniture. Here we describe how 15 species of hemiepiphytes are extracted by six indigenous groups in the ...