According to Corréa (Corréa, P.: ‘‘Flora do Brasil’’ 
(1909) 15), the resin of Symphonia globulifera finds medi- 
cinal, veterinary and industrial uses in Brazil. Likewise it 
is valued in caulking and as asubstitute for cobblers’ wax 
(‘A glossary of useful Amazonian flora’’ Coord. Inter- 
Amer. Aff. (mimeographed) p. 6). In Colombia, the 
resin, Which is known as paramdn and in the Amazonian 
regions as brea, is used for caulking the seams of boats 
(Pérez-Arbeliez, K.: ‘‘Plantas utiles de Colombia’ 
(1947) 881). In the Peruvian Amazon, Symphonia glob- 
ulifera is known as brea-caspi (‘pitch tree’’) (Williams, 
L.: ‘‘Woods of northeastern Perti’’ in Field Mus. Nat. 
Hist. Bot. Ser. 15 (1986) 848). 
The abundant, thick yellow latex of Symphonia glob- 
ulifera is gathered in large quantities by the Makuna and 
Barasana Indians of the Rio Piraparand and the lower 
Apaporis basin for use in making torches and dancing 
masks, for caulking dugout canoes and for finishing the 
ends of poison dart quivers made of Ischnosiphon stems. 
It is also employed as a general-purpose glue in making 
many household articles, such as the hollow bird-bone 
snuffing tubes and snail-shell snuff-cases. 
In the Puinave language, Symphonia globulifera is 
known as A, an epithet which is sometimes applied to 
other species of the same genus. 
CoLompra: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Piraparana, Cafio Oo-moo-fia. 
‘‘Large tree. Height 60 feet. Flowers red. Latex yellow. Bark brown. 
Puinave =ké.’’ September 8, 1952, Richard Evans Schultes & Isidoro 
Cabrera 17163. 
Symphonia microphylla PR. L. Schultes sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, usque ad quadraginta quinque pedes alta, 
debilis sed erecta, copiose resiniflua, latice flavo. Rami 
late strato-patentes. Ramuli teretes, cortice cinereo, dense 
foliati. Petiolus crassiusculus, 83-4 mm. longus. Folia 
rigide subcoriacea, supra nitida et atroviridia, infra pal- 
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