Gurania rufipila Cogniaux in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 14 (1875) 30. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Miritiparana, Cano Guacaya. 
‘*Vine. Flower vermillion. Tanimuka name: mee-ree-fee-ka-mo-ma-ka. 
Flood banks. Stem reputedly poisonous.’ March 5, 1952. R. E. Schultes and 
I. Cabrera 15809. 
Schultes and Cabrera 15809 represents the second collection 
of Gurania rufpila. The type was collected in Leticia, Colombia 
by E. Ule in 1902. A third collection, F. Woytkowski, 5851, has 
recently been made in the Departamento de Junin in Peru. 
Although the Tanimuka Indians apparently make no use of 
this species, its stem is considered to be toxic when eaten. 
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