the guaraná plant, and its fruit, have been used by native amazon tribes for hundreds of years, with the sateré-mawé tribe considering themsleves the sons of guaraná - the origin of name is wara'ná which comes from the tongue tupi-guarani, which was a language used to create to communicate with both the tupi and guarani people, who are also native to the amazon.

the various tribes would use the seed and the fruit of the plant for drinks, as well as for various medicines, giving the fruit a special significance amongst many of the amazonian indians- indians would crushed guanará into a powder to make a type of tea.