Collect.: Davis & Yost 1012. 



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



gip^nii 



The leaves of this subcanopy tree are crushed to prepare an 

 infusion which is used as a purple dye for fish nets, hammocks and 

 carrying bags. 



Picramnia sp. 



Collect.: Davis 8l Yost 1010, 1032. 



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



gip^nii 



The leaves are also crushed and soaked in water overnight, and 

 the infusion is utilized as a purple dye for fish nets and carrying 

 bags. 



Bl RSIiRACEAE 



Protium sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1021. 



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



tag^ 



The fruits of this tall (60 m.) forest tree are edible. 



Malpigiaceae 



Banisteriopsis muricata (Cav.) Cuatrecasas in Webbia 13 no. 2 



(1958)490. 

 Collect.: Davis & Yost 967, 975. 

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



This liana is the only hallucinogenic plant currently employed 

 by the Waorani. Although both collections were made at the edge 

 of chacras, the Waorani maintain that the plant is not cultivated, 

 and frequently point it out as growing wild along river banks. 



Whereas the use of the related hallucinogen Banisteriopsis 

 Caapi is almost everywhere in the western Amazon defined as a 

 social event, the imbibing of the drink prepared from B, muricata 

 is a solitary experience among the Waorani. In the all-night 

 ceremony, during which the ido, or shaman, is accompanied only 



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