Collect.; Davis & Yost 1050. 



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



The ancestors of the Waorani mixed various species of epi- 

 phytic bryophytes with Dictyonema sp. now (Davis 1051) to 

 prepare an hallucinogenic drink. The generic terms for mosses is 

 quiguiwai. 



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UNIDENTIFIED WAORANI PLANT NAMES 



a) Dah^tawi — the bark of this tree is valued as a fungicide. 



b) Onieogo — the inner cambium of this tree is harvested for 



bark cloth. 



c) Tanemo — a liana that produces an edible tuber like the 



sweet potato. 



d) Tit^quewe — The "wild "form of yuca used by the ancestors. 



e) Wima — A shrub to small tree which is the source of a 



blue-black dye, similar to Genipa sp. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Aero Duarte. L. E. 1 979. Primipales Plantas Utiles de la Amazonia Colom- 

 hiana. Institute Geografico "Augustin Codazzi" Bogota, p. 139. 



Altschul, S. Von R. 1973. Drugs and Foods from Little- Known Plants. 

 Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Ma. 1973. pp. 198, 36. 55. 



Bailey, L.H. 1976. Hortus Third. MacMillan Publishing Co., N.Y.. N.Y., p. 

 184. 



Black, F. L. 1975. Infectious disease in primitive societies. 5<7>a7cc vol 187 

 pp.515 518. 



Davis, E. Wade and James A. Yost, in press. The Ethnomedicine of the 

 Waorani. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 



in press. Novel Hallucinogens from Eastern Ecuador. Botanical 



Museum Leaflets. Harvard Univ. 

 Duke, J. 1972. Isthmian Ethnobotanical Dictionary, Fulton, Maryland, p. 



Fanshawe. D. 1950. Forest Products of British Guiana. Part II. Forestry 

 Bulletin No. 2 (New Series), Forest Department, British Guiana, p. 44. 



Garcia-Barriga, H. 1974. Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Institute de Cien- 

 cias Naturales, Universidad Nacional. Bogota, Colombia, vol I nn 140 

 144, 273. • • KP- 



1975. Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Institute de Ciencias Natu- 



rales, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, vol. 2, p. 69. 



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