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'Ocumo', local aroid name.
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From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.11.19 at 15:57:00(7833)
Dear Friends,
A request---I am searching desperately for references to the word 'ocumo'
used as a local name for an aroid rhizome/tuber, I KNOW that I have read it
and/or heard it used recently, but for the life of me can not find it in any
literature.
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Please let me know if you have heard or read it used for an aroid
rhizome/tuber, and the source.
Sincerely,
Julius
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From: "Cooper, Susan L." SLCooper at scj.com> on 2001.11.19 at 16:31:02(7836)
Hi Julius,
I looked up "ocumo" on the google search engine and got:
http://www.redpav-fpolar.info.ve/fitopato/v041/v041a020.html
It is all in Spanish but said Xanthosoma sagittifolium.
Susan
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:57 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
Subject: Re: 'Ocumo', local aroid name.
Dear Friends,
A request---I am searching desperately for references to the word 'ocumo'
used as a local name for an aroid rhizome/tuber, I KNOW that I have read it
and/or heard it used recently, but for the life of me can not find it in any
literature.
Please let me know if you have heard or read it used for an aroid
rhizome/tuber, and the source.
Sincerely,
Julius
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From: "Donald Burns" donburns at macconnect.com> on 2001.11.19 at 17:01:22(7837)
Julius,
Point your browser at http://www.altavista.com and search for ocumo. There
are several hundred listings for this word. I hope your Spanish is good!
Don
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Julius Boos writes:
> Dear Friends,
>
> A request---I am searching desperately for references to the word 'ocumo'
> used as a local name for an aroid rhizome/tuber, I KNOW that I have read it
> and/or heard it used recently, but for the life of me can not find it in any
> literature.
> Please let me know if you have heard or read it used for an aroid
> rhizome/tuber, and the source.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Julius
>
>
>
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From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2001.11.19 at 23:10:46(7842)
Dear Julius,
As far as I know, ocumo is the name of Xanthosoma plants in Venezuela.
George Bunting cite this name in his treatment of the Venezuelan
aroids(Bunting, 1979, Sinopsis de las Araceae de Venezuela, Rev. Fac. Agron.
Maracay, 10(1-4):139-290), but I have also seen this name elsewhere. It is
usually used for Xanthosoma sagittifolium, but you will also find the name
"ocumo chino" (or chinese "ocumo") for Colocasia esculenta. Unfortunately, I
do not know the origin of the name.
Very best wishes,
Eduardo.
Eduardo G. Goncalves
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Laboratorio de Fitoquimica
Depto. de Botanica - IB
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Caixa Postal 11461 - CEP 05422-970
Sao Paulo - SP - BRAZIL
e-mail: edggon@hotmail.com
edggon@ib.usp.br
Phone: 55 11 3818-7532
FAX : 55 11 3818-7547
>From: "Julius Boos"
>Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
>Subject: Re: 'Ocumo', local aroid name.
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 09:56:59 -0600 (CST)
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>A request---I am searching desperately for references to the word 'ocumo'
>used as a local name for an aroid rhizome/tuber, I KNOW that I have read it
>and/or heard it used recently, but for the life of me can not find it in
>any
>literature.
>Please let me know if you have heard or read it used for an aroid
>rhizome/tuber, and the source.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Julius
>
>
>
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From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2001.11.19 at 23:10:59(7843)
Dear Julius,
This is me again. Take a look at this site:
http://noticias.eluniversal.com/cocina/coci27_0299.htm
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There are some interesting information about the "ocumo", including the
origin of name. It is in Spanish, but since you knowledge in this language
is better than mine, there will be no problem for you.
Very best wishes,
Eduardo.
>From: "Julius Boos"
>Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
>Subject: Re: 'Ocumo', local aroid name.
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 09:56:59 -0600 (CST)
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>A request---I am searching desperately for references to the word 'ocumo'
>used as a local name for an aroid rhizome/tuber, I KNOW that I have read it
>and/or heard it used recently, but for the life of me can not find it in
>any
>literature.
>Please let me know if you have heard or read it used for an aroid
>rhizome/tuber, and the source.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Julius
>
>
>
_________________________________________________________________
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From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.11.20 at 02:11:45(7844)
Dear Eduardo,
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for, thanks to you, Don and Mark for your
help. This web-page answers ALL of the questions I had. Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Julius
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>>Dear Julius,
This is me again. Take a look at this site:
http://noticias.eluniversal.com/cocina/coci27_0299.htm
There are some interesting information about the "ocumo", including the
origin of name. It is in Spanish, but since you knowledge in this language
is better than mine, there will be no problem for you.
Very best wishes,
Eduardo.
>From: "Julius Boos"
>Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
>Subject: Re: 'Ocumo', local aroid name.
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 09:56:59 -0600 (CST)
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>A request---I am searching desperately for references to the word 'ocumo'
>used as a local name for an aroid rhizome/tuber, I KNOW that I have read it
>and/or heard it used recently, but for the life of me can not find it in
>any
>literature.
>Please let me know if you have heard or read it used for an aroid
>rhizome/tuber, and the source.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Julius
>
>
>
_________________________________________________________________
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From: elizabeth at begoniac.com on 2001.11.20 at 17:14:51(7845)
On Mon, 19 November 2001, "Eduardo Goncalves" wrote:
>
> Dear Julius,
>
> This is me again. Take a look at this site:
> >http://noticias.eluniversal.com/cocina/coci27_0299.htm
>
> There are some interesting information about the "ocumo", including the
> origin of name. It is in Spanish, but since you knowledge in this language
> is better than mine, there will be no problem for you.
>
> Very best wishes,
>
> Eduardo.
>
Very interesting the ethnobotanical uses of ocumo described at the end of that article. Has anyone on the list ever tried it for asthma, chronic catarrh or snakebite? Has anyone ever used any other aroid medicinally? Does anyone know how to get the book on indigenous medicine, by Ger?nimo Pompa, which was mentioned?
Elizabeth Mateus
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Aparece el ocumo en la Materia m?dica del doctor Jos? Mar?a Ben?tez, escrita a mediados del pasado siglo y en la cual se adjudican a los polvos de la ra?z seca del ocumo, propiedades medicinales contra el asma y los catarros cr?nicos, puntualiz?ndose que: "Se asegura que las hojas del ocumo preservan de la moderdura de las culebras, estreg?ndose con ella los pies y manos". Estas bondades de nuestra tuberosa vienen confirmadas con el curioso Ger?nimo Pompa en sus Medicamentos ind?genas.
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