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GLOSSARY OF NATIVE NAMES 1
AHACATE, 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. Swartzia 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.
AJAR I. Tephrosia toxicaria (Legummosre).
ALCORNOQUES (cork trees).
Curatella Americana.
ALHEA. A village.
ALGARROBO (Venez.)=JuTAHi (Braz. ). Hymenrea sp. (Leg.). Fruit a
remedy in asthma ; seeds give a fine varnish ; and incense.
ANAPE. The Jacana, a long-toed water-fowl (Parra Jacana).
\\ \PK-YAPONA. Victoria regia (Nymphreacete). Jacana's oven.
ANDIROBA OIL. From Carapa Gitianeiisis (Meliacese).
ANC.KLIM. Andira sp. An excellent timber-tree.
ANIL. Indigofera anil. Produces blue colour used in painted cuya>.
Ai'iRAX(.;A. A fruit. Mcitriria Apiranha (Melastomacece).
AK APART (tree). Fine wood for cabinet work, but small (A \nnclta gt< iaiu nsis),
ARK' 'A. An acid
t berry. Psidinni m'ati/'clium (Myrtacerc).
ARTIM.I rui'. A branch of the Trombetas river.
ARVORE I>E CHAPETE. Gnstavia Brasilu-ns/s.
AsSAl. A drink from fruit of Euterpe oleracea (Palmaceae).
BACAISA.
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Knocarpus sp. (Palmacese). Fruits yield a nutritious drink or food.
I'.ACUARI-ASSU. Plaliniii insi^nis (( 'lusiacc;i:). ICdible fruit.
BAUNA. Root of a climber (Menispermacese), called also " maniocca acu "
(great mandiocca), larger and more poisonous
than mandiucca, but
makes equally good farinha and cakes, and is much used on the I'urus
and Upper Amazon (see vol. i. p. 215).
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I'.l ' ACK l'I I II. Clusiar, .
BOGA-IK;A (I'eru), CAIWA (Maynas). Cucurbitaceix\ A gourd with seeds
of an extraordinary rectangular shape.
BOMBONAJE. Carludovica
Panama hats.
sp. (Pandanacese). Leaves used for making
P>ur.o IIRANCO. White pitch. Icica sp.
I>RI'SCA (\CIKV.). Cassia ivcidiitlalis. ]5itter root; good in fevers.
1 This list comprises all the names I have met with in Spruce's Journals ami MSS. They
may b useful to other explorers or collectors. Eu.
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