Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) C.V.Morton

New York Boteujcal Garden
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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ECUADOR
Prov. Morona Santiago - Medicinal Plants of the Shuar
No. 139	Malpighiaceae
Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb) Morton
det B. Gates, 1992
Basin of Rio Morona, Rio Mangosiza. Mission of
Miazal, 45 km ESE of Sucua (by air) ca. 2°37'S,
77°38'W. Undulating terrain, soils sandy. Elev. ca.
300 m. Planted in secondary forest 40m E of Alfonso
Juanfs house. Said not to be native to this area.
Liana to more than 20m in trees, sap clear and
scant. Thinner branches asperous. "natem" (Shuar)
"ayahuasca" (Quichua)
C. F. LIMBACH, M.D,
27 Feb., 1990
Funded by the Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc
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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ECUADOR
Prov. Morona Santiago - Medicinal Plants of the Shuar
No. 139	'	Malpighiaceae
Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb) Morton
det B. Gates, 1992
Principal interest: 5-6 strips of inner bark,
mixed with 4 lOcm-strips of "natem" (CFL 13$*) and 12
leaves of "yaji" (148), all boiled in 3 liters of
water boiled down to 50ml of viscous, opaque liquid
("punto"); 10-50 ml drunk each evening. Indicated for
various severe illnesses, incl. TB, malaria, yellow
fever, and symptoms resembling female genito-urinary
carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. Widely used as
a psychotropic.
C. F. LIMBACH, M.D.
27 Feb., 1990
Funded by the Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc.
04348964