The delicious pulp of thecauliflorous fruits of this forest tree is 



eaten. 



Undetermined specimen of the Sterculiaceae 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1001. 



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



The green cauliflorous fruit of this 7 m. tall tree of the primary 

 rain forest is edible and is known as hoginca. The capuchin 

 monkey and the squirrel monkey {Sainiiri sciurea) eat it as well. 



Marcgraviaceae 



Marcgravia sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 954, 



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

 taqiie 



Children eat the orange-red fruits of this liana of the mid* 

 canopy, and adult hunters recognize that it is consumed com- 

 monly by toucans (Raniphasios cuvieri), and various species of 

 toucanets, aracaries and oropendolas. 



Souroubea sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 972. 



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



The bark of this liana is used to wrap the blowgun halves 

 together. Oonta is the same name that the Waorani give to the 

 curare liana, Curarea tecunarum. 



Various species of Souroubea have been used medicinally in 

 the northwest Amazon. The Indians of the Rio Apaporis use an 

 astringent tea of the leaves oi Souroubea crassipetala de Roon to 

 treat mouth sores. The Karijona on the upper Vaupes in Colom- 

 bia take a tea of the leaves of 5'. guianensis\^r. cylindrica Wittm. 

 as a tranquilizing medicine, and the Taiwanos of the Rio Kana- 

 nari of Colombia use a decoction of S, guianensis var. corallina 

 (Mart.) Wittm. to calm apprehensive elderly tribal members who 

 believe that they have been hexed (Schultes in prep). 



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