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Kambo sticks: a remarkable ethnobotanical collector's itemKambo sticks are flat wooden sticks coated with the dried secretion of the Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog. This striking green amphibian lives high in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest and produces a peptide-rich secretion as a natural defence mechanism. Indigenous tribes such as the Matsés, Katukina and Yawanawá have been collecting this secretion in a traditional manner for generations, without harming the frog.The kambo sticks...
Kambo sticks: a remarkable ethnobotanical collector's itemKambo sticks are flat wooden sticks coated with the dried secretion of the Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog. This striking green amphibian lives high in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest and produces a peptide-rich secretion as a natural defence mechanism. Indigenous tribes such as the Matsés, Katukina and Yawanawá have been collecting this secretion in a traditional manner for generations, without harming the frog.The kambo sticks...
