English: Aji; Clarisia racemosa; Guariuba; Guarriuba; Oiticia amarela.
Spanish: Murure leite.
Region: south America, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyanas.
Habitat: humid forests.
Content: mururin A and B; flavans, flavanoids, lignans, phenylpropanoids, benezoids, steroids; 6 acutifolins; 13 brosimacutins.
Use: popular herbal medicine; timber for construction, furniture, flooring, boxes and crates; by shamans as an hallucinogenic substance in rituals.
BotanyTree: 15 to 25 metres tall.
Stem: straight; cylindrical; free of branches for up to 11 metres; heartwood is brown; the sapwood is pale yellow; texture is medium; the grain is interlocked; lustre is medium; there is no distinctive aroma or taste; wood seasons rather slowly, with a tendency for curving, cracking and collapsing, moderately easy to work, finishes well.