Kaficnda. "Tree 20 ft. tall. Flowers whitish." September 27-6ctober 20, 1966. 



Schulfes, Raffaufei Soejarto 24263. 



Brazil: Estadodo Ama/onas, Rio Negro basin. Middlecourseof RioCuricuri- 



an. January 1948. Schuliesel Lopez 97 18, 



This plant is alkaloid negative with a Dragendorff spot test. 



The Indians of the Rio Curicuriari in Brazil crush the leaves of 

 Cyrilla raceniiflora and vigorously rubbed the mass on sprains 

 and muscular pains for relief. 



ICACINACEAE 



Poraqueiba sericea Tulasne, in Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 3, 11 (1849) 



172. 



Coi.omiua: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Piraparana, Cano Teemeefia. "Small 

 tree. Cultivated. Flowers yellow.*' September 9, 1952. Schuhes et Cabrera 

 I73I9. — Rio Vaupes, between Mitii and Javarete, Tipiaca. May 14-24, 1953. 

 Schuhes et Cabrera /9-?75. — Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Karaparana, El 

 Encanto. "Flowers white-yellow. Small cultivated tree. Fruit ripens yellow. Pulp 

 thin, yellow." March 20 April 2, 1970. ^c/m/ri'.v 2605^.— Comisaria del Ama/o- 

 nas, Rio Ama/onas, Lcticia. "Cultivated tree. 25 feet tall. Flowers yellow. "Au- 

 gust 29 September 12, 1966. Schuhes. Raffauf et Soejarto 24012.— Same 

 locality and date. Schuhes, Raffauf et Soejarto 2^027.— Same locality and date. 

 "Tree 40 feet. Flowers whitish yellow." Schultes, Raffauf et Soejarto 24082. 

 PhRi: Departmento de Loreto, Rio Nanay, Mishana. February 19, 1969. 

 Pknvman 2491 . 



All Dragendorff spot tests on this plant proved to be alkaloid- 

 negative. 



The tree and its fruit are widely known in Colombia and Peru 

 by the Brazilian name umarl. In the Colombian Amazon, it is 

 called wa-nw by the Barasanas; how by the Puinaves; niwa-mo by 

 the Gwananos; nia-mo-hoy-ye by the Kubeos; and ne-ka-soo 

 (fruit) and ne-ka-na (tree) by the Witotos. 



In Peru, the plant is an ingredient in a contraceptive medicine, 

 according to Plowman 249L 



Sapindaceae 



Cupania scrobiculata Richard in Acta Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1 

 (1792) 109. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Vaupes, Mitu and vicinity. "Shrub. Fruit 

 red." September 27-October 20, 1966. Schuhes, Raffauf et Soejarto 24298. 



This plant is alkaloid negative with a Dragendorff spot test. 



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