ACADEMY
CATALOG OF SHIPIBO KONIBO WISE PLANTS
This record aims to document 20 wise plants selected and used by the Shipibo-Konibo community of Santa Clara (Pucallpa). The proposal seeks to generate a written file that gathers their traditional and everyday uses, as well as the worldview from which these plants are understood. Additionally, their scientific identification will be carried out. The resulting records will be shared with the community.
ACADEMY
CATALOG OF SHIPIBO KONIBO WISE PLANTS
This record aims to document 20 wise plants selected and used by the Shipibo-Konibo community of Santa Clara (Pucallpa). The proposal seeks to generate a written file that gathers their traditional and everyday uses, as well as the worldview from which these plants are understood. Additionally, their scientific identification will be carried out. The resulting records will be shared with the community.
location
Nishi Nete Ethnobotanical Garden
Santa Clara Community, Pucallpa
EXECUTION
From February 2025
to date
Mater Team
Patty Yraja
Macarena Tabja
Nicolas Palacios
Ariana Chang
Collaborators
Roberto Zariquiey
Chana Station
Pedro Favarón
Chonon Bensho
Nishi Nete Ethnobotanical Garden
Camilo Díaz
Clever González
location
Nishi Nete Ethnobotanical Garden
Santa Clara Community, Pucallpa
EXECUTION
From February 2025
to date
Mater Team
Patty Yraja
Macarena Tabja
Nicolas Palacios
Ariana Chang
Collaborators
Roberto Zariquiey
Chana Station
Pedro Favarón
Chonon Bensho
Nishi Nete Ethnobotanical Garden
Camilo Díaz
Clever González
How do we collect information?
The project is based on two complementary approaches: on one hand, the knowledge and local perception of the Shipibo-Konibo community; on the other, a scientific approach. The selection and classification of plants is conducted under the guidance of wise elders from the community, through interviews in their native language. This process aims to gather and preserve knowledge about these species and their uses, allowing for a better understanding of the relationship between the Amazonian ecosystem and the ways of inhabiting and understanding it.
The scientific approach will complement this work through the botanical identification of the plants, providing information that will be useful for their recognition in academic and scientific fields.
The project is based on two complementary approaches: on one hand, the knowledge and the local perception of the Shipibo-Konibo community; on the other, a scientific approach. The selection and classification of the plants is carried out under the guidance of the community's wise men and women, through interviews in their mother tongue. This process seeks to collect and safeguard knowledge about these species and their uses, allowing for a better understanding of the relationship between the Amazonian ecosystem and the ways of inhabiting and understanding it.
The scientific approach will complement this work by providing botanical identification of the plants, contributing information that will be useful for their recognition in academic and scientific fields.
Sample collection
The plants registered in the catalog belong to the Nishi Nete Ethnobotanical Garden, located in the Santa Clara community. For the collection process, visits to the garden will be made, and a visual record as well as technical data will be made, including scientific and common names, local name, applications, and uses. The collected samples will be herbarium processed and sent to the Herbarium of the National University of San Marcos, in Pucallpa, as well as to the Herbarium of the Natural History Museum of the National University of San Marcos.
Academy
Humanities
Academy
Humanities