Source: Spruce, R (1851-1855) Uses of Amazon plants. Journals from Barra to the Orinoco, from Barra to Tarapoto and notes on the uses of Amazon plants and on cryptograms, p1.: A large tree frequent about Sao Gabriel it has sapopemas at base and is very s, imilar in habit to Uaucá being distinguished by milk flowing when a sapopema is wounded. Seeds are boiled for 24 hours and yields a small quantity of oil which is good for lamps. The mass which remains is kept under water for three days and when taken o, ut has a pleasant taste and no ill smell. It is eaten without the addition of anything else and may be kept a long time, but if the seed has not been well boiled it is a quick poison and several Indians have fallen victims of incautious use.