SOLANACEAE 
Cyphomandra crassifolia (Ort. ) Macbride in Publ. Field Mus. 
Nat. Hist., Bot. 8 (1930) 112. 
CoLomBiA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Sucumbios, Conejo and vicin- 
ity. Altitude 300 m. ‘Bush. Flowers green, anthers white. Fruits round, 
green, hard.’ April 2-5, 1942. R.E. Schultes 3652. — Puerto Ospina and 
vicinity. March 25-26, 1953. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 18979. — Comisaria 
del Amazonas, Rio Amazonas, Leticia. September 20, 1945. R.E. Schultes 
6541. — Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Apaporis, Soratama. August 17, 1951. 
R.E. Schultes et I. Cabrera 13044. — Rio Vaupés, Mitu and vicinity. Sep- 
tember 7, 1951. R.E. Schultes et I. Cabrera 13903. 
The Kofan Indians employ the leaves of Cyphomandra cras- 
sifolia for dying clay pots black. A tea of the leaves is used by 
the Indians in the Mitt region to expel intestinal parasites. 
Scopoletin has been isolated from Cyphomandra 
(Hegenauer, R.: Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen 6 (1973) 418. 
Tannins and tetraterpenes have likewise been reported from 
the genus (Gibbs loc. cit., 3 (19746 1762-1765). 
Cyphomandra dolichorachis Bitter in Fedde Rep. 17 (1921) 
350. 
CoLomBIA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Sibundoy. Altitude 2225-2300 m. 
May 29, 1946. R.E. Schultes et M. Villarreal 7650. 
The Kamsa Indian medicine men employ a decoction of the 
leaves as a vermifuge. 
Cyphomandra endopogon Bitter in Engler, Jahrb. 54, Beibl. 
119 (1916) 16. 
CoLomBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. August 19, 1964. 
A. Ferndndez-Pérez 6863. — Same locality. ‘‘Small tree to 6 m. tall in 
secondary growth. Heliophile. Corolla green; stamens white at anthesis. 
Fruit a berry, ovoid, yellow at maturity. Whole plant gives strong narcotic 
odor’’. January 28 - February 7, 1969. 7. Plowman, T. Lockwood, H. Ken- 
nedy et R.E. Schultes 2332. 
A spot test with Dragendorff reagent indicated that this 
species (Ferndndez 6863) is weakly alkaloidal. 
Juanulloa ochracea Cuatrecasas in Brittonia 10 (1958) 148. 
CoLomsia: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Apaporis, Raudal Yayacopi (La 
Playa) ‘‘Bush. Flowers green. Epiphyte (?)."° February 16, 1952. R.E. 
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