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
Climbers
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.
Strychnos spp.
Scientific name: Strychnos spp.
English: Curare lianas (arrow poisons)
Dutch:
Sranan:
Trio: Ourari, Wirari
Wayana:
Growth Form: CLIMBER
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae
Gnetum spp. (Gymnosperm lianas related to conifers)
Scientific name: Gnetum spp.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan:
Trio: Towa
Wayana:
Growth Form: CLIMBER
Order: Gnetales
Family: Gnetaceae
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Annona haematantha
Scientific name: Annona haematantha
English:
Dutch:
Sranan:
Trio: Ariminaimë
Wayana:
Growth Form: CLIMBERS
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
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Dutch Man’s Pipe
Scientific name: Aristolochia spp.
English: Birthwort; Dutch Man’s Pipe
Dutch: Duitse Pijp
Sranan: Loango-titei
Trio: Wanëwanëkëimë (A. paramaribensis, BH6291)
Wayana:
Growth Form: CLIMBERS
Order: Piperales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Guatteria scandens
Scientific name: Guatteria scandens
English:
Dutch: Bos-Olijf
Sranan: Apuku-Titei; Krintongo
Trio: Ërëpurë
Wayana:
Growth Form: CLIMBERS
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
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Mendoncia spp.
Scientific name: Mendoncia spp.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan:
Trio: Makui Pana (ear of the Golden-Handed Tamarin, Saguinus midas)
Wayana:
Growth Form: CLIMBERS
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae