Author name: Bruce Hoffman

Brown Rainbow Boa

Scientific name: Epicrates maurus
Vern: brown rainbow boa (En); bruine regenboog boa (Du)
Local: sabana heigron aboma (Sr)
Indig: aramari (Tr)

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Boidae

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Amazonian Palm Viper

Scientific name: Bothrops bilineatus
Common: Amazonian palm viper, green jararaca (En); groene boomlanspuntslang / papegaaislang (Du)
Local: pokai sneki (Sr)
Indig: parawa jëkëi (Tr)

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Viperidae

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Smilax spp.

Scientific name:  Smilax spp.
Global: sarsaparilla (English); ruwe struikwinde (Dutch)
Common: busi nyamsi; maka titei (Sranan)
Indigenous: sipatae(Trio)
Growth Form: Climber
Order: Liliales
Family: Smilacaceae

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Haiari

Scientific name: Derris / Duguelia / Lonchocarpus chrysophyllus or other related species
Global: haiari (English)
Creole: neku (SU)
Indigenous: ineku (Trio); haiari (Arawak); kumata (Carib)                                                                                                                          Maroon/Afro-descendant: 
Growth Form: Climber
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae

Use: Some of the species are culturally significant across Amazonia in myths and as fish intoxicants
Taxonomy: This complex of species, including trees and lianas, remains under taxonomic debate and revision.

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Strychnos spp.

Scientific name: Strychnos spp. 
English: Curare lianas (arrow poisons)
Dutch:
Sranan:
Trio: Ourari, Wirari
Wayana:

Growth Form: CLIMBER
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae

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