Ethnoecology, Resource Use, Conservation And Development In A ...

Of the twelve segregates of non-cultivated plants for which identifications are
suggested in this study, five are corroborated to the level of genus or species, and a
further five to that of family. Other ethnoecological data is consistent with the
published ecological data, in the case of each of ten comparable observations (table
7.18).
7.11 Wedge-capped capuchin
Fruits reported to be eaten by oao are listed in table 7.19. Other categories of foods
reported, none of which were specified more closely, were several categories of
arthropod food - 'spiders', ‘insects’ and 'caterpillars' - and leaves. A recent study of
the ecology of this species in the Iwokrama reserve largely agrees with the details of
this: Manilkara bidentata, Attalea maripa, and unidentified species of Inga were all
observed to be consumed, along with at least one unidentified species in the
Anacardiaceae (Wright 2002).
Table 7.19. List of food plants recorded in ethnoecological interviews on Cebus olivaceus,
and their ecological corroboration.
Wapishana name English name Gen Fam
Iziari Manilkara bidentata: Sapotaceae X X
Pokoridi Attalea regia: Palmae X X
Koram Inga alba: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae) X X
Koobiki Inga ingoides: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae) X X
Shurara Inga sp.: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae) X X
Wurada urud Inga sp.: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae) X X
Dyakara Inga sp: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae) X X
Ochoro Oenocarpus bataua: Palmae X
Zuupu Spondias mombin: Anacardiaceae X
Bowao Tetragastris sp./spp.: Burseraceae
Wamooko Parinari excelsa: Chrysobalanaceae
Widu'oko not identified - -
Kazarazowao not identified - -
Arikiki not identified - -
Seven of eleven identified food plants reported in the ethnoecological data set are
thus corroborated to genus level, and a further two to the family level. In other
aspects of ecology, all eight ethnoecological observations for which ecological data
on the same subject is available, are in agreement (table 7.20).