A member of an indigenous people of the Amazon region, also spelled Arekuna or Arawakan language speaker.
From the native language, possibly related to Arawakan language family names. Refers to indigenous peoples of Venezuela and Brazil.
The Arecuna people maintained detailed knowledge of rainforest plants for centuries before European contact—their ethnobotanical wisdom, including betel-like plants in their region, is invaluable for understanding tropical biodiversity!
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