Virola calophylla Warb. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 68 (1897) 231. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1019. 



Woarani Informant: Cfnto (m). Downriver dialect: n.v. tegidew^ 



The inner bark of this forest tree is squeezed and the copious 

 red ''resin" is applied to fungal infections, scabies and infestations 

 of mites. The Kubeo and Tucano Indians of the Rio Vaupes 

 employ the fresh bark resin of V. alhidiflora Ducke to treat skin 

 sores (Schultes in prep.). The "resin'' of V. calophylla and V. 

 calophvlloiclea is processed and snuffed as an hallucinogen by the 

 Kubeo, Puinave, Kuripaco, Barasana, Makuna and Taiwano of 

 the Vaupes of Colombia. The nomadic Maku of the Rio Pirapa- 

 rana ingest the exudate of the inner bark of K e/ongata (Benth.) 

 Warb. directly, without any of the elaborate preparation prac- 

 ticed by other tribes of the region (Schultes and Hofmann, 1980). 



In Brazil, the'^resin^of V. surinaniensis {Ro\.) Warb. is used to 

 treat erysipelas, and an infusion of the bark is applied as a wash to 

 cleanse wounds (Schultes in prep.). 



MONIMIACTAE 



Siparuna sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 923, 1052. 



Waorani Informant: Taade (m). Ridge dialect: n.v. nonangonca 



The red fruits of this scandent forest shrub are used by the 

 Waorani to treat fever and headache. When crushed, the leaves 

 and fruits are very pungent and are rubbed directly onto the face 

 and head. 



Legl^minosae 



Arachis hypogaea L., Sp. PI. (1753) 741. 

 Collect.: Davis & Yost s.n. 

 n.v. coronio 



The common peanut is one of the traditional cultigens of the 

 Waorani. 



Dialium guianensis (Aubl.) Sandw. ex A.C. Smith in Lloydia, 2 

 (1939) 184. 



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