resin kills the fungus "just like the dart poison" {Curarca 

 tecun-arum). 



Warb. contains 5-MeO-DMT (5-M 



W 



of the Rio Ampiyacu in Peru, /. i'/ei'dud /. niacrophylla (Bcnih.) 



Wa 



Warb.. V. surinaniensis (Ro\.) W 



lensis A.C, Smith) are the sources of an oral hallucinogen (Holni- 

 stedt et al 1980). Recent fieldwork among the Bora has added V. 



W 



7/ 



W 



also use many species of Virola either as hallucinogenic snuffs or 



Wa 



Warburg, K iheioclorai^pwcx Bth.) W 

 7 Markeraf. 



Iryanthera cf. para'ensis Hub., in Bol. Mus. Para. (1910) 69. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1005. 



Waorani Informant: Tomo (m). Upriver dialect: n.v. wecaiw^ 



The inner bark of this medium-sized tree (15 m) is scraped and 

 pounded and applied directly to fungal infections and infestations 

 of mites. 



Otoba parvifolia (Mkf.) A, Gentry in Noti/bl. 9 (1926) 964. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1008. 



Waorani Informant: Tomo (m). Upriver dialect: n.v. ay^p^w^ 



Although the bark and bright red resin of this bushy plant are 

 crushed and rubbed on the skin as a treatment for the bites of 

 mites and fungus infections, the Waorani say that it is rarely used. 



Several species in this genus are used throughout the northwest 

 Amazon as an antifungal agents. The Tikuna Indians of Colom- 

 bia call this species sangre toro\ and, in the Napo region of 

 Ecuador, it is known in Spanish as sangre gallina. In both areas, 

 the Indians assert that the resin has medicinal properties (Acero 

 Duarte 1979). 



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