Utcubamba.-it is a province of the Department of Amazonas, to the North of the Peru. It is a name that is derived from the phrase La'kech-hua do cu ut-pam-pa which means do pampas of cotton do.???? This sentence is probably caused by the existence of a native tree, in that area, which in some places saw know it as do utcucasha do.?? Name that is due to the fact that this tree has one of the cotton-like inflorescence, but is prickly. At times, up to the inflorescence has thorns. Some people often use this inflorescence to make mattresses.
