Apocynaceae

WARAO ETHNOBOTANY
207	Apocynaceae
Tree to 4m. Flowers creamy white. Fruit
green. Leaves dark green above, light green
below.
Location: East bank of the Winikina Ri-
ver, south of the Yaruara confluence just
north of the village of Morichito in Delta
Amacuro State, Venezuela.
Use: none. Warao say that the Creoles be-
lieve it to be poisonous.
Vernacular: none
Coll: Werner Wilbert, Wade Davis, Tirso
Rivero and Cecilia Ayala Laf&. "
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