Moronobeacoccinea/lw/?/£*/, Hist. PL Guian. Fr. (1 775) 788, t. 33 

 excl. figs a-f. 



Coiombia: Comisaria de] Amazonas, Rio Caqueta, La Pedrera and vicinity, 

 Quebrada Tonina. "On high land. Large tree. October 5, 1952. Schuhes et 

 Cabrera 17728. — Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Vaupes, Mitu and vicinity. 

 "Columnar tree 11/2 feet in diameter. Height 90 feet. Crown sparse, all at top. 

 Bark thick, soft, roughish, brown outside, sandy inside. Latex abundant, yellow. 

 Wood yellowish white. Flowers rose-red." September 8, 1951. Schuhes et 

 Cabrera 13960. 



In the Vaupes, the Tukano name of this tree is woo-ha-pee-ka- 

 ne, and the Taiwono call it go-he. The Kabuyari in La Pedrera 

 know it as mau-pa. 



Moronobea riparia (Spr.) Planchon et Triana var. flmbrillata 

 /?.£. Schultesxn Bot. Mus. Leafl., Harvard Univ. 17(1955) 15. 



Coi.omhia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Guainia, Puerto Colombia. 'Tlowers 

 greenish white. Stigmas and pistil bright green. Latex bright yellow. Bark thick, 

 scaley, dark-brown, corky. Tree storeyed- Height 40 feet. Diameter 14 inches." 

 October 31 -November 2, 1952, Schuhes, Baker ei Cabrera 18206. — Same local- 

 ity and date. Schuhes, Baker et Cabrera 18210. 



The Puinave name of this beautiful variety is mow; the Kuri- 

 pako call it ma-ra-ke. In Spanish, the tree is known by the general 

 term breo and in Lingua Geral as i-rai-kee. 



Platonia insignis Martius var. formosa R,E, Schuhes in Bot. 

 Mus. Leafl., Harvard Univ. 17 (1955) 18. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio PiraparanA, Raudal de La Olla. "Tree 25 

 m. Columnar. Bark grey-brown, rough with scales. Flowers salmon-pink, petals 

 curl out at edge. Receptable thick, same colour. Latex cream-coloured. On 

 rocks at falls. Crown not large." August 28, 1952. Schuhes et Cabrera 17062.— 

 Rio Vaupes, mouth of Rio Kerari. "Flowers salmon-pink. Columnar tree, 

 diameter 28 inches. Latex resinous, yellow. Anthers yellow. Bark shaggy, rich 

 brown. Wood whitish. Latex used to light houses. Just above high water line." 

 May 14-15, 1953, Schuhes et Cabrera 19342, 



The Tanimuka name of this tree is oo-ka-o-ree-ke; the Yukuna 

 call it ke-pe-la {Schuhes et Cabrera 17062), Amongst the Desana 

 of the Rio Vaupes, it is known as ko-me-pee-go-re, while the 

 neighbouring Tukano call it ko-pai-yo-ree. 



The seeds of Platonia insignis have an oil content of 0.5% 

 (Hegnauer: loc. cit., 4 (1966) 221). 



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