BRUNELLIACEAE 
Brunellia colombiana Cuarr. in Rev. Acad. Col. Cienc. 5(1942) 
33, fig. 20-22. 
CoLomBiA: Departmento de Cundinamarca, Paramo de Guasca. Alt. 2850- 
3340 m. January 22, 1942. R. E. Schultes et R. Jaramillo M. 3205x. 
Peasants living in the high paramos near Bogota are careful 
not to utilize the wood of Brunellia colombiana in kitchen fires 
in their small huts, maintaining that the smoke is irritant and 
over a long period causes the growth of “a film” (cataract?) over 
the eyes. The vernacular name of Brunellia colombiana is 
reported as jobo. 
Brunellia sibundoya Cuarr. in Rev. Acad. Col. Cienc. 5 (1942) 
J: 
CoLomsiA: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, hills north of 
Sibundoy. Alt. c. 2250 m. “Tree up to 30 feet tall.” February 12, 1942. R. E 
Schultes 3202.—Same locality July 19, 1963. M. L. Bristol 1247. 
The Kamsa Indians of Sibundoy refer to this tree as mani and 
tsubojush. They prepare a tea of the leaves with the mucilaginous 
fruits of Saurauia brachybotrys Turcz. (Schultes 3203), known 
locally as moquillo in Spanish, je-nuss in Kamsa, to be ingested 
as hot as possible in treating pulmonary congestion in influenza 
and pneumonia. 
The bark of Saurauia brachybotrys has another medicinal use 
in Sibundoy. The bark, rasped and powdered, is applied to sores 
“to extract the pus.” 
CUNONIACEAE 
Weinmannia Balbisiana H BK. var. lamprophylla (Diels) Cuatr. 
in Lloydia 11 (1949) 201. 
CoLomsia: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, vicinity of Sibundoy. 
Alt. c. 2250 m. February 18, 1942. R. E. Schultes 3277, 
The resinous leaves of this tree are vigourously rubbed on 
limbs by the Kamsa Indians of the Valle de Sibundoy for relief 
of rheumatic pains. 
Weinmannia Balbisiana HBK. var. laurina (HBK.) Cuatr. in 
Lloydia 11(1949) 201. 
CoLomsia: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy. “Tree 6 m.; filaments 
styles white, ovary becoming red.” June 12, 1963. M. L. Bristol 1116. 
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