Uachi: Manicaria (C)
Uagup: Dioscorea (Cu)
Uaibinu: Anacardium (Cu)
Uaipinnu: Anacardium (Cu)
Uala: Nicotiana (Cu)
Uari: Dioscorea (Cu)
Uasup: Dioscorea (Cu)
Ubi: Manicaria (C)
Ubimuasu: Manicaria (C)
Ubre de vaca: Cordia (C)
Uchuba: Physalis (C)
Udu: Pithecellobium (Cu)
Udutpulu: Quassia (Cu)
Ugro: Lindackeria (CR)
Uichira: Maximiliana (C)
Uichup: Chrysobalanus (Cu)
Ukuruala: Ochroma (Cu)
Ulanda: Amyris (C)
Ule: Castilla (P,S); Perebea (P)
Ulluco: Ullucus (C)
ULLUCUS TUBEROSUS Lozano: Olloco (C); Ruba (C); Ulluco (C). The tubers are edible. The
leaves are eaten as a potherb in parts of Ecuador.
Uluk: Cedrela (CR)
Umbela: Plumbago (P)
Umbrella tree: Melia (E)
Unamo: Jessenia (C)
Una de aguila: Zanthoxylum (C)
Una de caballo: Piper (C)
Una de cabra: Acacia (C)
Una de gato: Acacia (CR); Byttneria (CR); Lantana (C); Pisonia (C); Pithecellobium (S); Smilax (C); Solanum (C); Zanthoxylum (C)
Una de lobo: Machaerium (C)
Unama: Jessenia (C)
Una de perro: Zanthoxylum (C)
Una de tigre: Mucuna (CR); Pisonia (CR); Pithecellobium (C)
UNGUENT: An ointment for burns. Abrus, Acalypha, Bixa, Cocos, Cucurbita, Gouania, Guazuma,
Jatropha, Mangifera, Musa, Ophioglossum, Oryza, Phaseolus, Portulaca, Pothomorphe, Sesamum,
Solanum, Theobroma, Typha, Urera.
UNIOLA VIRGATA Griseb.: Sea oats (E). The seeds are a grain source.
Upacon: Montanoa (C)
Upsana: Gossypium (Cu)
Upsensapi: Dorstenia (Cu)
Ur: Minquartia (B)
Urapan: Fraxinus (C)
Urari: Minquartia (P); Strychnos (S)
Urcugalabili: Siparuna (Cu)
URENA LOBATA L.: Aramina fibre (E); Congo jute (E); Cadillo (S) . The mucilaginous
seeds are said to be used to make cereals and soaps. The stems are a fibre source in Brazil.
URERA sp.: Nettle (E); Pringamoza (C); Take (Cu) . La Nueva natives use the flowers in
a colic remedy. Cuna Indians use this and other nettles as urticating switches to punish petty
criminals and as a treatment for rheumatism (!). For a stomachache, they beat the back with the
nettle, for a headache, they beat the feet.
Urgat: Petiveria (Cu)
Urrapia: Bauhinia (C)
Urruca: Trichilia (CR)
Urrucay: Protium (C)
Urtuwala: Pseudobombax (Cu)
Uruala: Cedrela (Cu)
Uruca: Ardisia (CR); Trichilia (C,CR)
Urucuri: Scheelea (C)
Uruk: Cedrela (CR)
Uruta: Corozo (Ch); Elaeis (Ch)
Usami: Colocasia (Ch)
Usi suiti: Annona (Cu)
Usan: Gossypium (Cu)
Ushup: Luehea (Cu)
Usiburnu puruiwat: Gonzalagunia (Cu)
Uva: Ardisia (C); Ficus (C); Pourouma (C); Sabicea (C); Vitis (P)
Uva de anis: Cavendishia (C)
Uva camarona: Gaultheria (C)
Uva cimarrona: Cissus (P); Gaultheria (C); Thibaudia (C)
Uva de castilla: Physalis (C); Vitis (C)
Uva de la playa: Coccoloba (S)
Uva de perro: Physalis (C)
Uvero: Coccoloba (S); Cordia (P); Hamelia (P); Triplaris (C)
Uvero de lata: Bactris (C)
Uvilla: Cestrum (C); Cordia (P); Physalis (C)
Uvita de lata: Bactris (C)
Uvito: Ardisia (N,P); Bactris (P); Cordia (C)
Uvito macho: Bourreria (C)
Uvito mocoso: Cordia (C)
Uvito de monte: Cavendishia (C)
Uvito moscoso: Cordia (C)
Uvo: Pourouma (C)
Uvre: Lindackeria (P)