Amazonas, Rio Apaporis, Soratama, between Rio Pacoa and Rio Kana- 
nari. Altitude about 250 m. ‘‘Flowers greenish. Anthers yellow. 
Bush. Fruit green, turning orange. Kubeo= be-ta-ka; Taiwano=de- 
twa; Tatuya=de-twa. Cultivated.’’ September 1, 1951, R. EF. Schultes 
& 1. Cabrera 13842.—Comisaria del Vaupés, Rio Vaupés, Miti. **Flow- 
as 
ers yellow-green. Fruit edible.’’ June 22, 1958, H. Garcia- Barriga, 
R. E. Schultes §& H. Blohm 15771. 
Peru: Departamento de Junin, Puerto Yessup. Altitude about 400 
m. ° Coarse, erect herb 2-3 ft. Corolla light green, anther yellow. July 
10-12, 1929, BF. P. Killip & A.C. Smith 26363,—Departamento del 
Loreto, Iquitos. Altitude about 100 m. “‘Local name cocona, Coarse 
herb 3-5 ft. Corolla greenish white. Anthers yellow. Fruit light red, 
edible. Clearing. ’’ August 2-8, 1929, FE. P. Killip & A.C. Smith 27567. 
—Departamento del Loreto, Yurimaguas, lower Rio Huallaga, Altitude 
about 135 m. ‘‘Coarse herb, 3-4 ft. tall. Corolla greenish white. An- 
thers yellow. Clearing.’? EF. P. Killip & A.C. Smith 27999.—Depart- 
amento del Loreto, Puerto Arturo, lower Rio Huallaga, below Yuri- 
maguas. Altitude about 135 m. ““Cocona. Fruit edible, Coarse herb 2-4 
ft. Corolla green; fruit red. Clearing.’* August 24-25, 1929, EF. P. 
Killip & A.C. Smith 67825, 
Venezur.a: Territorio del Amazonas, Rio Orinoco, San Fernando 
de Atabapo. 4. Humboldt § Bonpland 918,—State of Bolivar, lower 
portion of Quebrada Oparu-ma, tributary of Rio Pacairao, below Santa 
Teresita de Kavanayen. Altitude 915-1065 m. ‘‘Camarata Indian 
name: bo-pd. In conuco. Herb 2 feet tall. Leaves membranaceous, 
rich grass-green above, grey-green below. Fruit yellow, edible, made 
into preserves.”” November 25, 1944, J. Steyermark 60531, 
Solanum Topiro has never apparently been collected 
from the wild and, in more than twelve years in the 
northwest Amazon, I have never seen it outside of agri- 
cultural plots or abandoned house-sites which obviously 
had been the scene of cultivation. | believe that we have 
at hand in this plant a species so long in association with 
man that it may nowadays exist only because of this 
association. The fruit yields viable seeds in great abun- 
dance, but the plants seem to reproduce themselves only 
in highly disturbed and sunny sites. 
The Indians eat the ripe fruit as a tomato. The civi- 
lized inhabitants of the region use the fresh fruits to pre- 
pare, with sugar, a rather acidulous, thirst-quenching 
drink. ‘To my knowledge, the plant is never set out de- 
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