Roots - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49955 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 106.00 APOCYNACEAE Prestonia sp | Entry Book Number | 6.1854 | |
| Artefact Name | Roots | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Roots | Geography Description | Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Uaupes | ||
| Uses | RootsUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 166 | ||
| Donor Date | 17/01/1854 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Source: Museum Entry Book 1847-55, p 258-9: Called by the Indians caapi and of the roots and leaves of a Haemadictyou, called caapi piniona the leaves being veined with red. From these ingredients, the Banisteria entering much more largely than the haema, dictyou, is prepared an intoxicating drink known to all the natives on the Uaupés by the name of caapi. In the Dabocuris of the Uaupé Indians, the young men who figure in the dances drink of the caapi 5 or 4 times during the night the dose being a smallc, uya, the size of a very small teacup, twice filled. In two minutes after drinking it, its effects begin to be apparent. The Indian turns deadly pale, trembles in every limb and horror is in his aspect; suddenly contrary symptoms succeed- he bursts into, a perspiration and seems possessed with reckless fury- seizes whatever arms are at hand, his murucú, cutlass or bow and arrows and rushes to the doorway, where he inflicts deadly wounds on the ground or doorposts calling out ' Thus would I do to such a on, e (naming someone against whom he has a grudge) were he within my reach' In the space of 10 minutes the effects wear off and the Indian becomes calm, but appears much exhausted. | ||||