Ebook: 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 ................................... ,', ..................... " .. " .. , ........... .............. .... . 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