We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference

We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of the Piscidea erithyrna, the Jacquinia armillaris, and some species of phyllanthus, which thrown into the pool, intoxicate or benumb the eels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

Other species are very valuable for the non-wood products they provide; this is true of the tagua palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) and "barbasco" (Jacquinia sprucei).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecuadorian dry forests] Reference

Temi, as a kind of barbasco, to intoxicate fish; and finally, the liana, known in those countries by the name of vejuco de mavacure, which yields the famous curare poison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

In the 1950s, barbasco was heavily harvested for diosgenin, which is an ingredient of contraceptive products.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tropical Humid Forests ecoregion (CEC)] Reference

They next placed barbasco root toxin into tanks holding the fish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

They farm manioc and use barbasco, a vine poison, to rouse fish from streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Finally, it is this same barbasco juice which the Jívaro women drink to commit suicide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure] Reference

The barbasco had cured them of that; any one might have handled them with safety, as there was not a charge left in their whole battery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

The barbasco had scarcely time to sink to the bottom when small fish were seen coming to the surface, and turning "wrong side uppermost.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

The toxic chemical the Zoque use is derived from the roots of the tropical barbasco plant, which are shaped like a carrot, and extremely dangerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia News - Global] Reference

The Zoque grind up the toxic, carrot-shaped roots of the tropical barbasco plant and mix them with lime to form a paste, which they wrap in leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

Guapo knew that a sufficient quantity of the barbasco thrown into the water would kill either "temblador," caribe, or any fish that ever swam with fins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

While making our way along the trail, the women cut down barbasco wood (the Inca name for a vine whose sap is a deadly poison) and packed it along with them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure] Reference

In the morning Guapo having prepared his barbasco, proceeded to the upper end of the lake-like opening of the river, and there flung his poison into the stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

The men proceeded to pound the barbasco between heavy stones and throw it into the pool, where it floated about without having any apparent effect on the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure] Reference

It is a self-evident fact that the fish and meat on which the Antipas live so largely is nearly all poisoned, for we have noted already that the blow-gun is the only weapon of the chase, and that they kill their fish more often than not with the barbasco.    From Wordnik.com.  [Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure] Reference

Fishing with barbasco, 169.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America] Reference