Juglans neotropica being ripe. The sap of the fruit husk is a strong dye and can stain hands and clothing. The nut inside is within a much harder and more difficult to crack shell than Persian walnuts, but the meat inside is comparable in flavour, perhaps a bit sweeter. "Tocte", the fruit of the Andean walnut, are often sold in the farmer's markets of Ecuador. The process of husk removal often stains the shells of the nuts black. Like all walnuts, unripe fruit husks produce a strong yellow dye that does not require mordant; ripe fruits produce a strong red to brown
Buff-sided robin binominal name translates as stag-bellied dappled tree-nymph. The generic name "Poecilodryas" (= spotted or dappled wood-nymph) refers to the spots on the wing and tail of species in this genus and its characteristic flight and perching behaviour. The specific name "cerviniventris" refers to the buff colouration of the chest, derived from "cervus" = stag or deer and "ventris" = vent or belly. The buff-sided robin is a medium to large sized robin species, with body length ranging from . Adult buff-sided robins are not sexually dimorphic and the sexes cannot be differentiated on the basis of plumage. However males are