Desmoncus mitis var. mitis

Morphology:
Distinguished from the other varieties by having leaves with 10-11 leaflets per side

Common
names:
Ansilbara
–
Quichua
(D. Irvine #962).

Ansilbara casha
–
Quichua
(D. Irvine #962).

Beso-tún-tu
–
Siona
(Balslev & Barfod 1987).

Supai pita huasca
–
Quichua
(D. Irvine #962
).

Uses:

This plant and and a larger variety with similar thorns are referred to in a myth that tells how this vine was used by ´supai´ (forest spirits) to make traps to catch people (´supai pita huasca´= spirits snare trap). The thorn (= ´Ansilbara´) would catch peoples hair, trapping them until the “supai´ came to kill and eat them. The myth is said to have happened in ´the time when we were not good christians, when we were savages´
(D. Irvine #962).

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