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A gigante da floresta: uma breve descrição da batata mairá (Casimirella sp) na Amazônia indígena

In a free and first-person narrative, this text tell the story of an encounter between an anthropologist's  with the mairá potato (Casimirella sp), a giant tuberous that is currently unknown, but widely used in the past by indigenous groups. The narrative starting point in the ethnogra...

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Main Author:	Mendes dos Santos, Gilton
Format:	Online
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2022
Subjects:	Papa mairá; Amazonia; grupos indígenas; Rio Purus; plantas Mairá potato; Amazon; indegenous group; River Purus; plants Batata mairá; Amazônia; grupos indígenas; Rio Purus; plantas
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/maloca/article/view/15803
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