The genus Anadenanthera in Amerindian cultures

INTRODUCTIqN .......................... ............................................................................... . BRlEF TAXONOMIC DESCRfPTlON OF ANADENANTHERA................................. .. 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................... :........................... 10 TREATMENT BY CULTURE ........................................................................................ II Culture Area Caribbean ............................................................................................. 13 Taino Culture .................................................................. ...................................... 13 Igneri Culture ........................................................................................................ 18 Culture Area Colombian ............................................................................................. 20 Chibcha Culture ................................................................................................... . 20 Tunebo Culture ..................................................................................................... 20 Culture Area Caqueta ................................ .................. ............................................... 22 Achagua Culture .................................................................................................... 22 Baniwa Culture ..................................................................................................... 23 Betoi Culture ......................................................................................................... 23 Carijona Culture .................................................................................................... 24 Guayupe Culture ................................................................................................... 24 Tucano Culture ..................................................................................................... 25 Tucuna Culture ........................................................................... .......................... 26 Witoto Culture ...................................................................................................... 26 Culture Area Orinoco ............. ... ......................... ............. ......... __ ........._......... .. __ ........ 27 Otomac Culture ..................................................................................................... 27 Shliva Culture .................................................... .................................................... 28 Yaruro Culture _................. _......................... ___ .__ ........ _.................................. .. ... .. . 29 Culture Area Savanna ....... _..... _................ ... _...... __ ........ .. ..... __ .................. _................... 30 Guahibo Culture ..................................................... ............................................... 30 Puinave Culture _........_......... ............................. _.. .......................................... 31 Shiriana Culture .......................... :.......................................................................... 32 Culture Area Guiana ........................... ............. ........................... ........................... ..... 35 Yecuana Culture ................................... ,', ..................... 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" .. , ........... .............. .... . 35 Culture Area Amazon ...................... ........................................................................... 36 Cocama Culture .. ...... 36 Manao Culture ....................................................................................................... 36 Omagua Culture .......................................................................................... 37 Culture Area Peruvian ............................................ , ............... ~ ... ..... ............. .............. 38 In ca Culture ........................................................................................................... 38 Culture Area Montaiia ..................................................................................... 45 Piro Culture ................................... ...... ...................................................... .. . 45 Culture Area Jurua-Purus ........................................................................................... 46 Amahuaca Culture ............ ................................................................................... 46 Cashinawa Culture.................................................................................................. 46 Catukina Culture .................................................................................................... 46 Chama Culture ............................................................. _.................................... ..... 47 Ipurina Culture ...................................................................................................... 47 Mayoruna Culture .................................................................................................. 48 Mura Culture ......................................................................................................... 48 Culture Area Para ........................................ ............................................................. . 52 Maue Culture ....................................................................................................... . 52 Mundurucu Culture .. ....................... .................." ................................................ . 54 Culture Area Bolivian ................................................................................................ . 55 Chiriguano Culture ...................................................... : ....................................... . 55 Macurap Culture ................................................................................................. .. 56 Paeagua,a Culture .... ............................................................................................. . 57 Yabuti Culture ...................................................................................................... 57 Cui tUre Area Chilean ................................................................................................ 59 Araucanian Culture ............................................................................... ... ............ . 59 Atacama Culture .............................................. .. ................................................. .. 59 Comechingon Cul ture ...................................................... ..................................... . 61 Diaguita Culture ................................................................................................... . 61 Huarpe Culture ........... ......................................................................................... . 62 Omaguaca Culture ................................................................................................ 62 Culture Area Chaco ................................................. ,', ........... , ............................... ,.. . 64 Mataco Culture ................................ " ........................................................ ... ........ . 64 Vilela Culture ....................................................................................................... . 64 Culture Area ,,",stern Lowland .................................................................................. . 66 Guarani Culture .................................................................. " ............. , ................. . 66 CROSS·CULTURAL CHART ....................................................................................... . 71 PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEW ....................................... .. 75 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LITERATURE CITED ........................ .................................... .. 81 COMMON NAMES OF ANADENANTHERA SPP......................................................... 95