Source: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p31.: Juice distils slowly from between wood and bark; has scarcely any odour when fresh, but in crystallising becomes odiferous. About San C, arlos and on Uaupes, I have noticed scent of umiri tree when several paces off. Venezuelans give name of niƱo to fruit