Wamanripa (Huarochirí-San Damian) Explained

Wamanripa
Elevation M:5000
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Andes, Cordillera Central
Location:Peru, Lima Region
Map:Peru
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-11.9583°N -76.2444°W

Wamanripa (local name for Senecio or a species of it,[2] [3] also applied for Laccopetalum giganteum, Hispanicized spelling Huamanripa) is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru, about 5000m (16,000feet) high. It is situated in the Lima Region, Huarochirí Province, on the border of the districts of Huarochirí and San Damian. It lies west of a lake named Chumpiqucha (Chumpicocha).

The intermittent stream of the Wamanripa valley on the southern side of the mountain flows to Mala River.[1]

Notes and References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huarochirí Province (Lima Region)
  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