tember 1946. Schultes 8218.~Rio Loretoyacu. October 1946. Schultes et 

 Black 8559, 



In the region of the Rio Loretoyacu, a tea of the roots is 

 employed for the same condition (faulty menstruation) as Gura- 

 nia rhizantha. 



Gurania Ulei Cogniaux'm Engler, Pflanzenr. 66, iv, 275, 1 (1916) 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Putumayo, Florida. Mav-Julv 1931 

 Klug2120. y y 



The Witoto Indians call this vine maruchao. 



Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley in Field Mus. Publ Bot 3- 

 435, 1930). 



In the Brazilian Amazon, the pulp of the fruit in the ripened 



mollient. It is also em 



as a 



laxative. A tea of the seeds is considered efficaceous against 

 nephritis (Le Cointe, loc. cit.). 



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