Wamanripa (Cusco) Explained

Wamanripa
Elevation M:5300
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes, Wansu
Location:Peru, Cusco Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-14.665°N -72.4067°W

Wamanripa (local name for Senecio or a species of it,[2] [3] also applied for Laccopetalum giganteum, Hispanicized spelling Huamanripa) is a mountainous complex in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5300m (17,400feet) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. Wamanripa lies southeast of the mountain Chankuwaña and east of the mountains Waytani and Uturunku.

The highest peak of Wamanripa lies in the northeast of the massif at the Wamanripa valley. The slightly lower northwest peak lies at . One of the highest peaks southwest of the main peak lies at . The river Qañawimayu flows along its southern slope.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region) showing the location of the main peak of Wamanripa with its north-western and south-western peaks (labelled Huamanripa)
  2. Louis Girault: Kallawaya - guérisseurs itinérants des Andes. Recherches sur les pratiques médicinales et magiques. Paris 1984. p. 89 (kkana), 91, 467 (wamanripa)
  3. Primer Curso Nacional de Plantas Medicinales y Fitoterapia: FITO 2001, 06-12 agosto del 2001, conferencias y mesas redondas. Instituto de Fitoterapia Americano, 2001. p. 16. huamanripa: Senecio tephrosioides, Senecio vulgaris