l^ipcr concjoscnsc Pipcraccac Yacabc 



Diuictcr mined 



Mf neladf 



Plants u.sci/ far variims .sfini^.s ufjil hitcs — Scorpion, Spider. Insect, Slini^ray 



St>lanum pcctinatiim Scilanaccac Daboca 



Solarium scssilitlorum Solanaccae Daboca 



F'cntagonia spatliical\ \ Ruhiaceac Boyomo 



Plants used for Snakchitc 



Philodcndron sp. Araccac Cayatamo 



Rcncalmia Asplundii Zingiberaccac Teet^mo 



Rcncalmia th\ i siMdca Zingibcraceac Teentecagi 



Rcncalmia sp. Zingibcraccac Teentebo 



L'icia baccitcra Urlicaccae Wento 



All Other Medicinal Plants 



.Icsscnia Balaua Palmac Pctowe 



Maximiliana all. maripa Palmae Oompa 



IJrcra baccifcra I rticaceae Wento 



(ilia lie tia ci. Schunkcyigc^i Annonaccac Mcficdoue 



Siparuna sp. Monimiaceae Nonangonca 



Begonia sp. Bcg(^niaceac Omcncai 



Capsicum chincnsc Solanaceac Giimo 



Capsicum sp. Solanaccae Giimo 



Mansoa Stand ley i Bignoniaceae Wiyagfi 



Duroia hirsuta Rubiaccae OwCcaw^ 



AlRK ILARIACliAE 



Auricularia cf. fuscosuccinea (Montague) Farl., Bib/iogr. Index 



(1905)307. 

 Collect.: Davis and Yost 932. 

 Waorani Informant: Geque (m). Downriver dialect: n.v. 



This gelatinous fungus grows commonly on fallen logs in the 

 forest and in the open swidden agricultural clearings. Today, 

 some Waorani roast the fungus over an open fire and eat it WMth 

 salt, a practice that they have learned in recent years from the 

 neighboring Quichua. 



Many indigenous groups in the Amazon eat this fungus. The 

 Bora of the Rio Ampiyacu in Peru boil the fungus and eat it with 

 cassava (Manihoi escuelenta) and hot sauce {Capsicum sp.). 



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