GUTTIFERAE 



Rheedia Spruceana Engl, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 12, pt. 1 (1888) 

 463. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 974. 



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



The Waorani eat the fruit of this 50 m. forest tree and recognize 

 that most species of parrots and macaws also feed on it. 



Tovomita sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1003. 



Waorani Informant: Tomo(m). Upriver dialect: n,\.gingamanca 



The exocarp and the flesh of the fruits of this tall canopy tree of 

 the primary rain forest are removed, and the hard shell is used to 

 measure water to make dart poison. 



Vismia sp. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 970. 



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



This 30 m. forest tree has a copious yellow exudate which the 

 Waorani employ as face paint. 



The resinous exudate of Vismia ferruginea HBK. is commonly 

 applied to skin sores in the Brazilian Amazon (Schultes in prep). 



BlXACEAE 



Bixa Orellana L., Sp. PI. (1753) 512. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1013. 



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



The aril around the seeds of this cultivated shrub is used as a 

 bright red dye for pottery, blowguns and spears, as well as a face 

 and body paint. 



Elsewhere the root is considered to be an aid to digestion and 

 the seeds an expectorant (Schultes in prep.) but the Waorani do 

 not ingest the plant nor use it medicinally. 



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