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Goeppertia inocephala is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family which is native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, northern Brazil, and southeastern Mexico. This species belong to the sub-group of Goeppertia called the Ornata group.
In the Amazon, the leaves are used for wrapping food. The Ye'Kwana people of Venezuela use the leaves of Goeppertia inocephala to line baskets for storing mañioco (manioc cereal). They also use the plant as temporary thatching in house construction.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goeppertia inocephala by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
