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  • For Schultes on guayusa, see “Ilex guayusa from 500 A.D. to the Present,” Etnologiska Studier 32: 115-38, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1972; “Discovery of an Ancient Guayusa Plantation in Colombia,” Botanical Museum Leaflets 275-6: 143-60, 1979.

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  • When the Jesuits first contacted the tribe, they declared guayusa the “quintessence of evil.”

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  • In the lowlands of Ecuador, Jivaro warriors traditionally used infusions of guayusa to purify themselves and their families before shrinking the heads of their slain enemies.

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  • The third and by far the most mysterious is Ilex guayusa.

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  • J., “The Flowers of Ilex guayusa,” Botanical Museum Leaflets 275: 155-60, 1990.

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  • “Schultes looked for guayusa when he came here in the forties, but he never found it,” Tim said.

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  • For Schultes on guayusa, see “Ilex guayusa from 500 A.D. to the Present,” Etnologiska Studier 32: 115-38, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1972; “Discovery of an Ancient Guayusa Plantation in Colombia,” Botanical Museum Leaflets 275-6: 143-60, 1979.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The third and by far the most mysterious is Ilex guayusa.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • When the Jesuits first contacted the tribe, they declared guayusa the “quintessence of evil.”

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • To this day they employ guayusa as a ritual mouthwash before making curare or taking yagé.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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