According to field notes, the leaf is placed in the nostrils of dogs 
“to make them better hunters for saquira (wild pig).” 
Dieffenbachia obliqua Poeppig et Endlicher, Nov. Gen. ac Sp. 3 
(1845) 90. 
Ecuapor: Napo, Rio Aguarico, Dureno. January 1, 1966. H. V. Pinkley 88. 
Field notes accompanying this specimen indicate that the plant 
is “poisonous to touch, causing itching.” The Kofan names are 
to -vo and akie-ega. 
Dracontium longipes Eng/er in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 37 (1905) 122. 
Peru: Departamento de Loreto, Ushpacano, 2 hours from Iquitos. February 
2, 1968. F. Tina et M. Tello 2054. 
This aroid is called jergon sacha in Amazonian Peru. The field 
notes accompanying the specimen read: “For snake bite. Put over 
the fire one teaspoon of jergon sacha with a little water for 2 
minutes, then take off the fire and apply of the snake bite place 
three times a day.” 
Dracontium Trianae Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, Fam. 23c (1911) 44. 
Ecuapor: Napo, Rio Aguarico, Dureno. December 30, 1965. H. V. Pinkley 
60a, 606. — Same lociality. June 21, 1966. Pinkley 294. 
Peru: Departamento de Loreto, vicinity of Iquitos. July 1967. R. Martin, T. 
Plowman et C. Lau-Cam 1661. 
The Kofans of Ecuador, who cultivate this aroid, know it as 
shi-shi-tu-she-se-he ‘-pa and boil the tuber to prepare a decoction 
drunk to treat diarrhoea. 
In Peru, the tuber is ground into a paste and wrapped in leaves 
of Calathea. When warmed in a fire, the paste is applied to snake- 
bite as a plaster. 
Xanthosoma conspurcatum Schott, Syn. Aroid (1856) 61. 
Ecuapor: Rio Aguarico, Dureno. June 26, 1966. H. V. Pinkley 329. 
The Kofans, who call this plant to ’-vo, assert that it is 
“poisonous to touch.” 
