Toroboro: the Name of the Plants

At the turn of the century, a renowned ethno-botanical study took place in Quehueiri-Ono, a village in the Ecuadorian Amazon region. It was a partnership between botanists and the native Waorani community, who had lived isolated from the rest of the world until the 1950s. Director Manolo Sarmiento reunites the researchers with community members for a new expedition, aimed to give thousands of plants threatened with extinction a scientific name alongside their Waorani name.