Elizabetha princeps Schomburgk ex Bentham in Hooker, Journ. 

 Bot. 2 (1840) 92. 



Brazil: Estado do Amazonas, Rio Cauaburi, Maturac^. July 5-August 12 

 1967. Schultes 24578. 



The bark of this beautiful 40-foot tree, which the Waika 



Indians call a-ma', is burned for ashes to mix with epena-snuff 



prepared from the red "resin" of Virola theiodora (Spr. ex 



Benth.) Warburg (Schultes et Holmstedt: Rhodora 70 (1968) 

 113-160. 



The bark and petioles are alkaloid-negative with a Dragen- 

 dorff reagent spot test. 



Eperua leucantha Bentham in Martius, Fl. Bras. 15, pt. 2(1870) 

 225. 



Colombia: Comisariadel Vaupes, Rio Kuduyari. October 16, 1952. Schultes et 

 Cabrera 17872. 



In the Vaupes, this tree is known as copaiba-rana, yauacano 

 or yebaro. The beautiful rose-purple flowers are sometimes 

 made into a tea for bathing the hair in the belief that it 

 "strengthens the growth of the hair." 



The bark is prepared in the form of a strong tea taken to cause 

 vomiting. The Puinaves call this small, white-flowered tree to-ee; 

 the Kubeo, o-ko'-gee. 



Eperua oleifera Ducke var. campestris Ducke in Bull. Mus. Hist. 

 Nat. Paris, ser. 2, 4 (1932) 728. 



Brazil: Estado do Amazonas, Rio Negro, Mangos. September 1948. Schultes 

 et Lopez 10337. 



M 



bark is valued in seahng cracks or splits in dugout canoes. The 

 oil is very aromatic but has a rather disagreeable odour; it is 

 employed medicinally in rubbing on painful or rheumatic joints. 

 The local name is copaiba-rana. 



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