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• Out of these, when properly pounded together, Guapo intended to make the celebrated "barbasco," or fish-poison, which is used by all the Indians of South America in capturing fish. Popular Adventure Tales
• In the 1950s, barbasco was heavily harvested for diosgenin, which is an ingredient of contraceptive products. Tropical Humid Forests ecoregion (CEC)
• barbasco," from a tree of the genus _Jacquinia_, and a plant of the name "sarnango. Popular Adventure Tales
• Known to the Ingano as sacha barbasco, it was one of four fish poisons collected that first morning. One River
• The barbasco oozed a milky-white colloid that, after about 20 minutes, brought several dozen catfish, oscars, and killifish to the surface - not dead, but in a dull stupor.
• We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of the Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
• Other species are very valuable for the non-wood products they provide; this is true of the tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) and "barbasco" (Jacquinia sprucei). Ecuadorian dry forests
• Temi, as a kind of barbasco, to intoxicate fish; and finally, the liana, known in those countries by the name of vejuco de mavacure, which yields the famous curare poison. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
• We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of the Piscidea erithyrna, the Jacquinia armillaris, and some species of phyllanthus, which thrown into the pool, intoxicate or benumb the eels. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
• curare de raiz;" and with others the poison is produced by a mixture of several species of juices from the plant _Ambihuasca_, tobacco, red pepper, a bark called "barbasco," from a tree of the genus _Jacquinia_, and a plant of the name "sarnango. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon