''Ormosia coccinea'' is a plant that grows throughout the South Eastern

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n countries, and all throughout

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. It produces beautiful red seeds with one black spot covering one-third of its surface. These seeds are used for jewelry and other decorative purposes. The seeds are known as ''wayruru'' ( Aymara, also spelled ''huayruro, huayruru, wayruro'') in

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, where villagers believe them to be powerful good luck charms, and ''nene'' or ''chumico'' in

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. A French name is ''panacoco'', but this more often applies to '' Swartzia tomentosa''. Kharisiri, a fat-sucking Andean folkloric creature, are said to carry ''wayruru'' beans in their pockets when they attack victims. Ormosia_coccinea_jewellery

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Various species
coccinea Trees of Peru {{Faboideae-stub