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. 
Herrania Mariae (Mart.) Decaisne ex Goudot in Ann. Sci. Nat. 
3, 2 (1844) 233. 
Peru: Departamento Loreto, Provincia Maynas, Rio Ampliyacu, Puca 
Urquillo and vicinity. “Unbranched tree 5 m tall in open thicket. Flowers 
cauliflorous. Sepals purplish brown. Petals cream with red nerves. Staminodes 
foliose, red-purple.” April 2, 1977. 7. Plowman, R. E. Schultes et O. Tovar 6565 
(Alpha Helix Amazon Expedition 1976-77 Phase VII). 
Although this species is to be expected in the area, it apparently 
represents only the second collection from Peru. The other 
collection was made in the Madre de Dios. 
BOMBACACEAE 
Bombax globosum Aub/let, Hist. Pl. Guian. Frang., 2(1775) 701, 
t. 281. 
CoLomBIA: Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Kananari, Cerro Isibukuri. “Large 
tree, 60-70 feet tall. Flowers yellow-white, petals yellow towards 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. 
MARCGRAVIACEAE 
Souroubea guianensis Aub/er var. corallina (Mart.) Wittmack in 
Martius, Fl. Bras. 12, pt. 1 (1878) 252. 
COLOMBIA: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, vicinity of Cachivera de 
Jerijerimo. September 16, 1951. R. E. Schultes et I. Cabrera 14076. 
The Taiwano Indians living along the Rio Kananari indicate 
that a decoction of this plant is administered over a period of a 
week or ten days to aged members of the tribe who suffer from 
“susto” (i.e., a psychological condition of fear or apprehension 
resulting often from the belief that hexing by an enemy has been 
successful). 
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