An herbarium specimen collected by J. A.

Steyermark in Venezuela in 1945 bears the note

"Fresh fruit are said to produce a kind of loco [=

crazy] feeling.... [T'] he ground fruit is boiled" (von

Reis and Lipp 1982, 175*). The fruit is also known

as arepa de maiz, "maize breads" (cf. Zea mays).