The application to Juanulloa ochracea of the name ayahuasca 
may indicate that it represents either a species employed directly 
as the source of a narcotic or one of the numerous plant additives 
to the hallucinogenic drink made basically from the bark of 
Banisteriopsis Caapi or B. inebrians (Schultes: Bot. Mus. Leafl., 
Harvard Univ. 23 (1972) 140). There is chemical support for this 
belief. The alkaloid parquine has been reported from a species of 
Juanulloa (Raffauf: loc. cit. (1970) ). 
Markea coccinea L. C. Richard in Acta Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris | 
(1792) 107. 
CoLomBIA: Comisaria del Vaupés, upper Rio Vaupés, January 1944. G. 
Gutiérrez et R. E. Schultes 575. — Lago de Pasos, upper Rio Vaupés. February 
19, 1944. Gutiérrez et Schultes 859. 
A medicine man of the nearly extinct Karijona tribe indicated 
that the leaves of this plant were frequently dried, powdered and 
eaten with farifia, the flour of Manihot esculenta, to expel 
intestinal parasites. The Karijona name of Markea coccinea is e- 
ree -ko-pa. 
The use of a decoction of the leaves of this species has been 
reported in the treatment of conjunctivitis and other eye diseases 
by the Desano Indians (Schultes: Bor. Mus. Leafl., Harvard 
Unive. 26 (1978) 192). 
Nothing is known of the chemical constituents of Markea. 
Saracha procumbens (Cav.) Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. 2 (1799) 
43. 
CoLomsiA: 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 is edible, is chuftanguemesha. A tea of the 
whole plant is drunk as a diuretic and febrifuge (Schultes et 
Villarreal 7615). 
Apparently no chemical studies on Saracha have been 
published. 
