tations. The latex is rubbed over the area to suffocate and draw 

 out the larvae. 



The Waorani note that the scarlet m'dc^\\'(Ara niacaol )and the 

 black hooded parrot {Pionites nielanoccpha/a) eat the fruit. 



CONVOLMLACIAh 



Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Poir. in Lam. Enc>cl. 6 ( 1804) 14. 



Collect.: Davis & Yost 1053. 



Waorani Informant: Tomo (m). Uprivcr dialect: n.v. acag^ 



The Waorani cultivate the sweet potato, often planting it 

 around house sites. Although adults use it for variety in their diet, 

 they do not rely heavily upon it. Children, however, frequently 

 collect the tubers to boil or roast as snacks throughout the day. 



SOLANACl-AH 



Brugmansia x insignis (Barb-Rodr.) Lockwood ex Davis, comh. 



Bd^xonym: Dalura insignis Barb. Rodr. Vellosia, ed. 2, 1 62 1891. 

 Collect.: Davis i&: Yost 1054. 



Waorani Informant: Tomo (m). Upriver dialect: n.v. no name 

 given 



Although this cultigen was found growing in a Waorani garden 

 on a river flat, it was not recognized by the informants. The 

 solitary specimen was the only representative observed in Wao- 

 rani territory; it was probably dispersed by the river. 



Many indigenous groups of eastern Ecuador use this plant as a 

 powerful hallucinogen. The Kofan make an infusion of the leaves 

 which they drink in shamanistic ritual. The indigenous groups of 

 the Rio Pastaza region of Ecuador prepare a potion from the 

 inner pulp to foresee the future. Elsewhere the leaves and sap of 



' Because of his untimely death, Brugmansia specialist Dr. Tommie E. Lockwood did not 

 validly publish the combination Brugmansia x insignis. Lockwood did use this combina- 

 tion, however, in his account of Brugmansia for Honus r/7/r(/( Bailey and Bailey 1976) in 

 which he explained the origin of this species as a hybrid between B. suaveolens (Humb. & 

 Bonpl, ex Willd.) Bercht. et Presland and B. versicolor Lagcrheim. 



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