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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