Pterocarpus Rohrii Vah/, Symb. Bot. 2 (1791) 79. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Amazonas, near mouth of Rio 
Loretoyact and Puerto Narifio. September 13-15, 1966. R. EF. Schultes, R. F. 
Raffauf et D. Soejarto 24163. 
The leaves of Prerocarpus Rohrii are held to be one of the most 
effective febrifuges of the area. They are taken in decoction. 
Pterocarpus has not yet chemically been investigated. 
Swartzia longistipitata Ducke in Bol. Técn. Inst. Agron. Norte, 
no. 2 (1944) 22. 
BRAZIL: Estado do Amazonas, Rio Negro, vicinity of Mandos, grounds of 
I.N.P.A. “Fruit tan.” April 11-14, 1972. R. E. Schultes et W. Rodrigues 
26104A. 
The people living in the country around Manaos are 
accustomed to use an infusion of the leaves as an anti- 
amenorrheal bath. The plant is known in Portuguese as coquida. 
For a review of the limited amount of chemical information on 
Swartzia, see Schultes: Journ. Ethnopharm. | (1979) 79 ff. 
Swartzia recurva Poeppig et Endlicher, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3 (1845) 
61. 
BRAZIL: Estado do Amazonas, Rio Negro, vicinity of Mandaos, km 45 
Manaos-Caracari, Reserva Biologica INPA. “Small tree. Fruit tree.” April 
11-14, 1972. R. E. Schultes et W. Rodrigues 26173A. 
Country folk in the outskirts of Mandos believe that the fruits 
of this species are helpful in combatting physical debilitation due 
to age, malaria or other conditions. The pods are boiled and 
softened and added to regular food. 
Swartzia sericea Voge/ in Linnaea I1 (1837) 176. 
BRAZIL: Estado do Amazonas, Rio Negro, vicinity of Manaos, Cachoeira 
Baixa de Tarumao. April 11-14, 1972. R. E. Schultes et W. Rodrigues 26146 A. 
The leaves of this species are considered to be toxic and were 
formerly employed in fishing in the outskirts of Mandos. It may 
be significant that the Kuripako Indians of the Rio Guainia of 
Colombia report also that the leaves and bark were formerly used 
as a fish poison (Schultes: loc. cit. 86). 
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