Collect.: Davis & Yost 1057. 



Waorani Informant: C^nto (m). Downriver dialect: n.v. dica- 

 deuu) 



The fruits of this 70 m. forest tree, either green or ripe, may be 

 eaten dry or, preferably, soaked in water. 



Enterolobium sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1026. 



Waorani Informant: Tomo (m). Uprixer dialect: n.\ . c^niniow^ 



Crushed and dropped directly into small streams, the bark of 

 this tall (60 m.) forest tree serves as a fish poison. A hot decoction 

 of the bark is valued also as a fungicide. 



Inga sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 976. 



Waorani Informant: Tomo (m). Uprixer dialect: n.v. iwa ao 



The Waorani eat the white flesh surrounding the black seeds of 

 this tall forest tree, which has characteristic brow n fruits covered 

 with urticating hairs. 



Inga sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 953. 



Waorani Informant: deque (m). Dow nrivr dialect: n.v. ^w^mao, 

 wencni^ngo 



The yellow-green fruits of this tall (40 m.) forest tree may be 

 eaten, but according to the Waorani, if more than five of the seeds 

 are ingested, vomiting occurs. 



The Waorani recognize the fruit as a preferred food of all 

 monkeys, the scarlet macaw {Ara macao), the mealy parrot 

 {AniQzona farinosd), and the dusty-headed parrotlet {Forpus 

 sclateri). 



Lonchocarpus Nicou (Aubl.) DC. var. languidus F.J. Herm. in 



Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 37(1947) 111. 

 Collect.: Davis & Yost 979. 

 Waorani Informant: Oncaye (f). Downriver dialect: n.v. com- 



pago. 



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