Coussapoa trinervia Spruce ex Mildbread in Notizbl. 10 (1928) 
416. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama. *‘Tree. 
Fruit green. Flood-forest’’. Aug. 16, 1951. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 13589. 
The Indians of the Rio Apaporis frequently chew the hard, 
astringent fruits to treat sores of the tongue and mouth. 
Helicostylis scabra (Machride) C.C. Berg in Act. Bot. Neerl. 18 
(1969) 464. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Apaporis, Raudal Yayacopi (La 
Playa). **Ernormous tree. Latex white. Fruit green, edible.”” February 18, 
1952. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 15466. 
The Puinave Indians call this tree han-shee-ma; the Makus, 
meeé-o. The latex is applied to abrasions of the skin in the belief 
that it prevents infection. 
Poulsenia armata (Miq.) Standley in Trop. Woods, no. 3 (1933) 
4, 
CoLomsia: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Sucumbios, Santa Rosa. April 
7-8, 1942. R.E. Schultes 3617. 
The Kofan Indians employ the bark in the manufacture of 
cloth for clothing and bedding. 
Pourouma Schultesii Cuatrecasas in Caldasia 7 (1956) 303. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Vaupeés, Rio Apaporis, Jinogojé. September 25, 
1952. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 17615. 
The Indians of the lowermost Rio Piraparana burn the bark 
of this tree and apply the ashes to running sores and ulcers. 
The Puinave name is mui. 
Pseudolmedia laevigata 7récu/ in Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 3, 8 (1847) 
ES. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama. ** Fruit 
red, soft. Small tree.’ February 4, 1952. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 15147. 
The fruits of this tree are said by the Indians of the Rio 
Apaporis to be toxic. 
Cyanogenesis has been reported from Pseudolmedia (Gibbs, 
R.D.: Chemotaxonomy of Flowering Plants 3 (1974) 1818). 
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