GLOSSARY OF NATIVE NAMES ^ 
Abacate, Aguacate. An oily fruit ; cats fond of it ; good for epilepsy. 
Abilla, Jabilla. a twiner with large seeds producing a bitter oil for 
lamps on the Huallaga river. 
Acaricuara. Sivartzia callistemon. Curious perforated trunks ; a dye 
from the bark. 
Aguacate. A tree (undetermined) of the fruit of which cats and many wild 
animals are very fond. It is very nutritious, and the seeds produce an 
oil very similar to that of olives. 
AjARi. Tephrosia toxicaria (Leguminosse). 
Alcornoques (cork trees). Curatella Americana. 
Aldea. a village. 
Algarrobo (Venez. )=Jutahi (Braz. ). Hymenaea sp. (Leg.). Fruit a 
remedy in asthma ; seeds give a fine varnish ; and incense. 
An ape. The Jacana, a long-toed water-fowl {Parra jacana). 
Anape-yapona. Victoria regia (Nymphaeacex). Jacana's oven. 
Andiroba oil. From Carapa Guianensis (Meliaceae). 
Angelim. Andira sp. An excellent timber-tree. 
Anil. Indigofera anil. Produces blue colour used in painted cuyas. 
Apiranga. a fruit. Motiriria Apiranga (Melastomaceae). 
Arapari (tree). Fine wood for cabinet work, but small {Nauclea guianensis), 
Are^a. An acid berry. Psidium ovatifolium (Myrtaceae). 
Aripecuru. a branch of the Trombetas river. 
Arvore de Chapete. Gustavia Brasiliensis. 
AsSAi. A drink from fruit of Euterpe oleracea (Palmacese). 
Bacaba. Qinocarpus sp. (Palmacese). Fruits yield a nutritious drink or food. 
Bacuari-assu. Platinia insignis (Clusiacese). Edible fruit. 
Bauna. Root of a climber (Menispermaceae), called also " maniocca a9u " 
(great mandiocca), larger and more poisonous than mandiocca, but 
makes equally good farinha and cakes, and is much used on the Punis 
and Upper Amazon (see vol. i. p. 215). 
Black pitch. Clusiaceae. 
BoGA-BOGA (Peru), Caivva (Maynas). Cucurbitacese. A gourd with seeds 
of an extraordinary rectangular shape. 
Bombonaje. Carludovica sp. (Pandanaceae). Leaves used for making 
Panama hats. 
Breo branco. White pitch. Icica sp. 
Brusca (Venez.), Cassia occidentalis. Bitter root ; good in fevers. 
1 This list comprises all the names I have met with in Spruce's Journals and MSS. They 
may be useful to other explorers or collectors. — Ed. 
