MORACEAE 



Ficus caballina Standley in Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. 13 (1936) 

 301. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Boiauasu. November 1945. 



Schulte.s6817. 



Comisaria del Vaupes, Rio Naquieni, Cerro Monachi, June 1948. Schultes 



et Lopez 10065. 



This tall tree has thick white latex which the Tikunas employ 

 as a bone-set. The latex "sets" rapidly to a rather hard mass. 



Ficus gemina Ruiz ex Miquel in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4, Pt. 1 



(1853)98. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Leticia. "Fruit yellow, red spotted. Latex 

 white. Tree." September 1946. Schultes 8177. 



Comisaria del Vaupes Rio Macaya, Cachivera del Diablo. "Extensive 

 strangler. Bark rough, mottled grey and ashy white or brown with red-brown 

 areas. Latex abundant, thin, white, or cream-coloured, rapidly oxidizing to a 

 brownish orange on contact with air. Fruit green-yellow with red spots before 

 ripening, later a pink with darker red spots. Leaves inhabited and eaten by an 

 insect perfectly camouflaged to blend with the dark, glossy upper surface. 

 Grows on sandy, well-drained soil but near water." May 1943. Schultes 5393. 



The Tikunas of the Rio Loretoyacu call this wild (\gpai'-n and 

 value the latex as a vermifuge. In the Vaupes, the tree is known 

 as chivecha. The latex is spread on the skin to relieve itching due 

 probably to fungal infections. 



Ficus glabrata Humboldt, Bonpland et Kunth var. obtusula 

 Dugand in Caldasia 3 (1944) 136. 



Colombia: Comisaria del Amazonas, Rio Loretoyacu. "Enormous tree, 120 

 feet. Buttress roots. Latex white, October 1946. Schultes et Black 8443.— Rio 

 Putumayo, between Rios Igaraparana and Yaguas, Isla Arica. June 20, 1942. 



Schultes 3499. 



Comisaria del Putumayo, Rio Caucaya. May 18, 1942. Schultes 3788. 



The Tikuna Indians of the Rio Loretoyacu employ the latex 

 as a vermifuge; they call the tree po-ta'. It is known locally in 

 Spanish as higueron. 



Mathewsii Miqel in Ann. M 



298. 



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