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Appendix 1: Wapishana Tree Names Recorded
Wapishana name Creole name Scientific Identification Source1 A'akush Manilkara excelsa: Sapotaceae 2
Achadam Rheedia benthamiana:
Guttifereae
2
Adori yauwun Whitee Inga sp.: Leguminosae
(Mimosoideae)
3
Aisharukun
Ana2 Sloanea grandiflora:
Elaeocarpaceae
1
Aopara Hububalli Loxopterygium sagotii:
Anacardiaceae
2 3
Autaka Wild guava Myrcia sp.: Myrtaceae 3
Apichau
Arakiki
Atamundari
Atorotan
Awadikun
Bachi Kauzu
Hymenolobium sp.: Leguminosae
(Caesalpinioideae)
2
Bai'izi3 Bakoparakun
Lecythis holcogyne:
Lecythidaceae
2
Bakopara4 Barai
Pouteria sericea: Sapotaceae 2
Barawadi5 Purpleheart Peltogyne porphyrocardia:
Leguminosae (Caesalpinioideae)
2 3 4
Barotaba'u Yarola Aspidosperma excelsum:
Apocynaceae
3
Bichi Tokoro6 Cf. Licania: Chrysobalanaceae 4
1 Sources of glosses of Wapishana terms:
1. Identification in field from van Roosmalen (1985a) or Gentry and Vasquez(1993).
2. Inferred from Wapishana name using Mennega et al. (1988).
3. Inferred from Creolese name using Mennega et al. (1988).
4. Inferred from statement of similarity to category already identified.
‘G’ next to a number indicates that this method was used to identify to genus.
‘F’ next to a number indicates that this method was used to identify to family.
2 Less commonly given Wapishana name powi'izi kuna.
3 Menneger et al. (1988) also list Chytroma praeclara under this name, as the 'equivalent' to L.
holcogyne in the Kanuku mountains.
4 Menneger et al. (1988) also list P. grandis, a riparian tree found along the Rupununi, under this
name
5 Similar to daba.
6 Fruit larger than that of tokoro.