Caraipa parvielliptica Cuatrecasas in Rev. Acad. Col. Cienc. 8, 

 no. 29(1950)64. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Kananari, Cerro Isibukuri. "Bush 

 along rill/' April 12, 1951. Schulies et Cabrera 1 4738, ~R\o Miritiparana. 

 August 5, 1952. Schulies ei Cabrera 16460. 



Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soralama. March 26, 1952. 

 Schulies el Cabrera 16070. 



The crushed leaves of Caraipa parvielliptica are rubbed vigor- 

 ously on irritated skin for relief from itching among the Taiwano 

 Indians. 



A similar use is made of Caraipa grandifolia Mart, in the 

 Brazilian Amazon, where the sap is considered to be an excellent 

 treatment for "herpes, mange and itching" [LeCointe: A Ama- 

 zonia Brasileira (1934) 424]. 



Clusia amazonica Planchon el Triana in Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 4, 

 13(1860)358. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama. "Strangler. 

 Fruit ripens black-purple. No latex. Flood-bank." June 26, 1951, Schulies et 

 Cabrera J2834.— Rio Miritiparana, Cafio Guapaya. "Scandent shrub, exten- 

 sive, fruit yellow but reddening from base to tip. No latex in stem. Latex of 

 peduncle white." May 8, 1952. Schultes et Cabrera 16386. — Rio Amazonas 

 near mouth of Rio Loretoyacu. "Scandent epiphyte. Flowers orange-white." 

 September 13 15, 1966. Schulies, Rajfaufel Soejarto 24143. 



Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Apaporis, Jinogoje. "On savannah. Parasitic. 

 July 7, 1951. Schulies et Cabrera 12966. — Same locality." Vine. Fruit ripening 

 red. Latex watery. June 20, 1952. Schulies et Cabrera 16765, 



The Makuna call this vine ree-ka-ne-io-ma; the Puinave know 

 it aspap-ka'\ in Yukuna, the name is ka-hee-\va'-ka. The fruits, 

 boiled in water, yield a tea which is considered to be an excellent 

 diuretic. 



Clusia chiribiquetensis Maguire ex R. E. Schultes in Bot. Mus. 

 Lean., Harvard Univ. 15 (1951) 56, t. 18. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Macaya, Cerro Chiribiquete. January 

 1944. Gutierrez et Schulies 677. —S'dmt locality and date. *'Bush 7-8 feet tall." 

 Gutierrez et Schultes 679, Sixme locality. **Large, scraggly shrub 10 feet high; 

 latex yellow, sticky; flowers white; sepals red-purple." May 15 !6, 1943. 

 Schultes 5-/7i.— Same locality. July 24, 1943. Schulies 5623. 



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