m) Dooy^ne — (Davis & Yost 998) This kind grows to 8 m. 



tall and is called the ''tall yuca."" It is the fastest growing 

 type used by the Waorani and is reported not to flower; 

 it produces a white, medium sized, sweet root. 



Several other Waorani forms were mentioned by informants 

 but not collected. 



n) Wegonipaca — One of the "ancestor's yuca", this type is 



eaten with howler monkey meat but never with that of 

 the woolly monkey. Like all of the ancestor's yucas, it is 

 not very sweet. It is planted selectively by only a few 

 individuals. 



o) Moncatadewe — A very tall, unbranching form which 



produces a root that is red on the outside and white 

 inside and quite sweet. 



p) Tapad^ — A very tall form. 



q) Behawe — The slowest growing kind. 



r) Equeniotawe — A difficult form to grow^ If not well 



weeded, it rots because the soil is too damp. 



s) Tamawe — An undescribed form. 



t) Bad^pancawe — An undescribed form. 



SaPINDAC I:AE 



Paullinia alata (R. et P.) G. Don subsp. loretana Macbr. in Bot. 



Ser. Field Mus. 13, pt. 3A, no. 2 (1956) 330. 

 Collect.: Davis & Yost 1039. 

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



moneca 



The informant was aware of no use for this plant, but, since it 

 had a name, he concluded that it must have been used once by the 

 Doorani, the ancesters. The Waorani name, t^^nt^nioneca, con- 

 tains the morpheme for "viper," so it is conceivable that it was 



used to treat snakebite. 



Several species of Paullinia are employed medicinally in the 

 northwest Amazon. The Karijona Indians of the Colombian 

 Vaupes make an emetic of the leaves of P. enietica R.E. Schultes 



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