The leaves of this plant are asperous and cause an Irritating skin 
rash and itching. They are strongly alkaloid-positive with a 
Dragendorff spot test. 
Solanum sp. 
The Kofans, who know this Solanum as toto-paje, employ a 
decoction of the bark as an emetic (H. V. Pinkley 480, cited in 
Pinkley: loc. cit.). 
BIGNONIACEAE 
Pseudocalymma alliaceum (Lam.) Sandwith in Rec. Trav. Bot. 
Néerl. 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 by the people of the 
Leticia area. 
No chemical studies of Psewdocalymma appear to have been 
published. 
ACANTHACEAE 
Fittonia argyroneura E. Coemans FI. des Serres 16 (1865-1867) 
103. 
Ecuapor: Napo, Rio Aguarico, Dureno. December 21, 1965. H. V. Pinkley 
1S. 
A cold-water infusion of a decoction of the whole plant steeped 
in water is used by the Kofans as a rinse of the mouth and for 
toothache. The Kofan name of the plant is minakoro-se-he ‘-pa. 
RUBIACEAE 
Arcythophyllum nitidum (HBK.) Schlechtendal in Linnaea 28 
(1856) 492. 
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