A plant (Lonchocarpus urucu) - used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing.
This unusual name is derived from a reading Diana Rueda had done on a brave chieftain of the ethnicity of the Amazonian Shuar (Quiruba), who bravely stood up to the Spanish conquerors in the city of Macas.
Yaupi is a primarily Shuar village with a few hundred residents in the province of Morona Santiago, Logroño Canton, Yaupi Parish, Ecuador.
Fifty years after their arrival, the Spanish were driven from the city by the Shuar revolt.