stems which usually distinguish this from all the other 
cultivars. 
Cucu was given by only one informant. The basic 
meaning of the word among the Sibundoy is not known 
to me. Spanish speakers use it in reference to ‘devil’ 
(Seijas, pers. comm.). Pazos (26), considering Quechua 
vocabulary in use in Colombia today, gives ‘‘Quechua, 
kuku: espantajo, fantasma’’, apparently ‘fright, ghost’. 
However, Lira (23), in his exhaustive treatment of Que- 
chua in the Inca heartland in southern Peru, gives the 
following: ‘‘K’ UKU, adj. Immaturo, no maduro, verde 
y duro, fruto verdete sin sazon. Iam. Divieso o quiste 
endurecido.’’ The familiar application divieso ‘furuncle, 
boil’ and quiste ‘cyst’ is the most likely sense of the term 
here, for this cultivar (as well as others) has been used as 
a suppurant in treating boils and cysts. 
CotomBiA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, alt. 2900- 
3180 m.—Road from Sibundoy to Pasto: between La Maria and Paramo 
de San Antonio. ‘“Bush 12 ft. Fl. white.’’ 1-VI-1946, Schultes & 
Villarreal 7809 (ECON, US). Valle de Sibundoy, alt. 2200 m.—3 km. 
S Sibundoy. *‘ ‘Amarr6n borrachera’. Tree 3 m.; corolla yellow upon 
emergence, white expanded. Cultigen; prop. vegetatively; infre- 
quent.’’ 27-II-1963, 564 (COL, ECON, BISH, K, PASTO, S, US). 
3 km. S Sibundoy. ““Tree 6 m.; corolla emerging yellow, white 
expanded. Cultigen; prop. vegetatively: infrequent.’ 27-I1-1968, 
565 (COL, ECON, BISH, K, PASTO, S, US).—8 km. S Sibundoy. 
“Tree 3 m.; corolla emerging yellow, white expanded. Cultigen; 
prop. vegetatively; infrequent.’’ 27-II-1963, 567 (COL, ECON, 
BISH, K, PASTO, S, US).—2 km. SW Sibundoy. ‘Tree 3.5 m.; 
corolla white. Indian garden, infreq.’’ 14-1V-1968, 775 (ECON).— 
3 km. S Sibundoy. ** “Amarr6n borrachera’’. Tree 4.5 m.; corolla 
white; frs. green, few. Indian garden, infreq.’’ 10-VI-1963, 71/0 
(ECON).—3 km. S Sibundoy. ‘‘*Amarr6n borrachera’. Tree 4 m. ; 
corolla white; frs. green, few. Indian garden, very infreq.’’ 2-VII- 
1963, 7189 (COL, ECON, US).—4 km. S Sibundoy. ** “Amarrén 
borrachera’. Tree 2.5 m.; corolla white; fr. green. Indian garden, 
very infreq.’’ 7-VII-1963, 7192 (COL, ECON, US).—Colén. ** ‘Bor- 
rachero’. Tree 3.5 m.; corolla white, pendulous; fr. green. Border, 
infreq.’’ 16-VII-1968, 7213 (COL, ECON, BISH, K, PASTO, 5S, 
US).--2 km. S Sibundoy. ‘‘‘Amarrén borrachera’. Tree 3.5 m.; 
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