FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
Cyperus prolixus H.B.K. 
U.S.A.: Illinois. Chicago. 3311 North Seeley Ave. 
Cultivated corase herb 2 m. tall. Spikelets yellow- 
brcwn. Leaves medium green above, silvery beneath. 
Grown from rhizome of Plowman 13545, Venezuela, 
Terr. Federal Amazonas, San Carlos de Rio Negro. 
21 April 1984. 
N.v. "piripiriaca" 
Use - fresh rhizome grated, mixed with water; drunk 
by women to counteract taboo against eating 
certain large fishes (catfish). 
Coll. Timothy Plowman 14420 
6 Ocotober 1986 
