Acrid water in stem. Flowers red, said to be poisonous.’ Septem- 
ber 1947. R.E. Schultes 8668. 
There are numerous reports, similar to the folk report from 
Belem do Para connected with this collection, that the flowers 
of Combretum Cacoucia are toxic. There is apparently no 
chemical evidence to sustain this assertion, yet the number of 
reports is such that the problem bears serious study. 
Caffeine and tannins have been reported from the genus 
Combretum (Gibbs R.D.: Chemotaxonomy of Flowering 
Plants 3 (1974) 1478). 
SOLANACEAE 
Saracha procumbens (Cav.) Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. 2 (1799) 
43. 
CoLomBia: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, Sibundoy and 
vicinity. Alt. 2225-2300 m. May 29, 1946. R.E. Schultes et M. 
Villarreal 7615. — Same locality. August 22, 1963. M.L. Bristol 
1328. 
According to Bristol, the Kamsa Indian name of this garden 
plant, the fruit of which ts edible, is chuftanguemesha. A tea of 
the whole plant is drunk as a diuretic and febrifuge (Schultes et 
Villarreal 7615). 
BIGNONIACEAE 
Pseudocalymma alliaceum (Lam.) Sandwith in Rec. Trav. Bot. 
Neerl. 34(1937)210. 
CoLoMBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Amazonas, Leticia. Alt. 100 M. 
‘‘Arbusto de 1.5 m., esteril. Olor fuerte aliaceo. Alcaloides: 
positivo. Nombre vulgar: sacha-ajo.”’ October 8, 1961. J.M. 
Idrobo 4687. 
Although this plant is alkaloid-positive with a Dragendorff 
test, the whole plant, crushed and made into a tea, is taken 
frequently to relieve pulmonary ailments. 
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