Cryosophila Warcewiczii

Bartl.

Noli (P); Nupa (D); Palma de escoba (P). The wool at the leaf base is used for stuffing cusions. The leaves are used for thatch and brooms. Guaymi, Choco, Cuna Indians, and Darien lumbermen prefer to do their tree felling during the waning moon, be it to cut leaves for thatch or trees for timber. Perhaps they have accidentally found that there is less insect swarming during the waning of the moon, hence on the newly felled products. Terminal buds are used as a fish poison. From the fruits of the Choco's palma noli is extracted an oil used in making soap.