wards tip.’ September 29, 1951. R.E. Schultes et I. Cabrera 
14700. 
The Taiwano Indians, who know this tree as ka-ne-wee-re, 
gathered the ‘‘wool’’ from the ripened fruits for use, mixed 
with latex or resin from a number of plants, to apply to cuts, 
open sores or ulcers as a kind of protection during healing. 
STERCULIACEAE 
Herrania Camargoana R.E. Schultes in Bot. Mus. Leafl., Har- 
vard Univ. 14(1950)120. 
BRAZIL: Estado do Amazonas, Rio Cauaburi, Maturaca. **Single slender 
trunk. Height 20 ft. In flood forest. Fruit brownish red with fleshy 
pseudospines at junction of ribs and cross ridges. Alkaloid-nega- 
tive.’ July 5- August 12, 1967. R.E. Schultes 24572 (Alpha-Helix 
Amazon Expedition, 1967). 
The bitter seeds of Herrania Camargoana are pulverized 
and employed as a condiment on game-meat by the Waika 
Indians of the Rio Cauaburi in northwestern Brazil. 
GUTTIFERAE 
Caraipa parvielliptica Cuatrescasas in Rev. Acad. Col. Cienc. 
8, No. 29 (1950)64. 
CoLomBIA: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Kananari, Cerro Isibukuri. “Bush 
along rill.”’ April 12, 1951. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 14738. — 
Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama. ** Height 60 
feet.” March 26, 1952. R.E. Schultes et 1. Cabrera 16070. — Rio 
Miritiparana. **Small tree. Yukuna: seé-na.”’ May 8, 1952. R.E. 
Schultes et 1. Cabrera 16460. 
The Yukunas apply the sap of Caraipa parvielliptica to sores 
of the mucous membrane of the mouth. In Brazil, the sap of C. 
paraensis Huber and C. grandifolia Martius is similarly em- 
ployed for herpes, mange and itches (LeCointe: A Amazonia 
Brasileira 3(1934)424). 
Several species of Caraipa have been reported to contain a 
high content of resins which are useful in treating a variety of 
skin diseases. A highly toxic vermifugal constituent has been 
found in the seeds (Freise, F.W.: Apoth. Zeit. 44(1929) 1481). 
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