A member of an indigenous people living in the upper Amazon region of Brazil and Colombia.
From Portuguese and Spanish adaptations of the indigenous Arawakan language term for this ethnic group, reflecting their long residence in the Northwest Amazon region.
The Baniva people have maintained distinct cultural practices and languages in the remote Amazon for centuries, representing one of the many indigenous groups whose knowledge of medicinal plants has influenced modern pharmaceutical research.
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