Ecuador: Provincia del Napo, Rio Aguarico, Dureno. "Fruit orange when 

 ripe, one-seeded." October 9, 1966. Pinkley 506. 



According to the collector, the seed is edible when roasted for 

 five minutes. The Kofans call this plant sau-ra'-kit-sa and 

 kan-bi'-fa-cho. 



Cayaponia triangularis Cogniaux in A. et C. DeCandolle, 

 Monogr. Phan. 3 (1881) 784. 



In the Brazilian Amazon, the fruits and roots of this plant, 

 known as purga de gentio, are valued as a strong purgative (Le 

 Cointe, loc. cit.). 



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Cayaponia sp. 



Ecuador: Provincia del Napo, Rio Aguarico, Dureno. Pinkley 222 (Cited in 

 H. V. Pinkley: The Ethnoeeology 

 Harvard University (1973). 



Stems of this species of Cayaponia are reportedly burned and, 

 amongst the Kofans, the ashes are applied to external sores on 



name of this vine is ch 



he 



Cyclanthera explodens Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 4, 12 

 (1859) 160. 



C. brachystachya (Ser.) Cogniaux, Diagn. Cucurb. 2 (1877) 

 64. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Putumayo, Valle de Sibundoy, ca. 2200 m. "Vine, 4 

 m; flowers and fruit green. Common in borders." March 17, 1963. Bristol 640. 



The Kamsa Indians of Sibundoy call this species semarron- 

 shajush and consider it a medicine, but the precise medicinal use 

 is not indicated by the collector. 



199. 



amazonica (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 16 (1962) 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. August-September 

 19, 1945. Schultes6732. 



Amongst the Tikunas, the oil from the seeds of Fevillea ama- 

 zonica is reputed to hasten the healing of serious burns when 



times 



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