Phytolacca rivinoides Kunth et Bouché in Ind. Sem. Hort. Bot. 
Berol. (1848) 15. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Sucumbios, Conejo and vicinity, at 
mouth of Quebrada Conejo. Altitude 300 m. April 2-5, 1942. R. E. Schultes 
3458.—Same locality and date. R. E. Schultes 3646. — Rio Sucumbios, Santa 
Rosa and vicinity. Altitude 380 (?) m. April, 1942. R. E. Schultes 3583. 
The Kofan Indians occasionally mix the leaves of Phytolacca 
rivinoides, which they call un-shum-bey, with the leaves of 
Phyllanthus for stupefying fish. It is also commonly used as a 
saponifier for washing clothes. The name in Spanish in the 
region is altasa or altusa. 
RANUNCULACEAE 
Ranunculus peruvianus Persoon, Syn. Re. 2 (1806) 103. 
COLOMBIA: Departamento de Cundinamarca. Siberia, Paramo de Palacios, 
9,000—10,000 feet. July 11, 1960. R. E. Schultes 22474. 
The roots are boiled to prepare a tea which is considered to be 
a stimulant for the aged and weak. It is employed in folk- 
medicine in the hills near Bogota. 
MENISPERMACEAE 
Abuta Imene (Mart.) Eichler in Flora 47 (1864) 389. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Apaporis, Raudal de Jirijirimo. 
January 21, 1952. R. E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 14958a. 
Along the Rio Kananari, an affluent of the Apaporis, the 
Taiwano Indians indicate that they utilize the bark of the stem of 
Abuta Imene in preparing one kind of curare. 
Abuta splendida Krukoff et Moldenke in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 68 
(1941) 251. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Sucumbios (San Miguel) Conejo 
and vicinity, near Quebrada Conejo. April 2-5, 1942. R. E. Schultes 3235. 
The bark of this species of Abuta is employed by the Kofan 
Indians in the preparation of one of their strongest curares. The 
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