This article associates the chamanic and onnic cosmovison of the airo-pai (Secoya) with its silvicultural management of the yoco (Paullinia yoco), a wild caffein-rich liana, endemic in the refuge of the Pleistocenic Napo. According to the ethno-botanical notions aire-pai, yoco has the property of ‘giving advice’ to those who consume it. Based on the analysis of a chamanic song of yajé (Banisteriopsis caapi), myths and interpretation of dreams, we show how this species is managed. it is conceived according to contrasting perspectives: for the famous spyritus, yoco is a cultivated plant, growing in the skirts of the sky; a bird dispersing of its seed, yoco is its own crop for cuisine (‘the owner’ of the yoco); and for terrestrial humans, the harvesting of wild iodine is similar to hunt (associated onically with paujil (Nothocrax urumutum). In this way, this study illustrates the relevance of a climatist approach. to understand underlying ethno-botanical knowledge the management and extraction of wild species of ritual and practical importance. — This article associates Airo-pai shamanistic vision and interpretation of dreams with their silvicultural management of yoco (Paullinia yoco), a wild vine rich in caffeine, Endemic to the pleistocene refuge of Napo. According to Airo-pai ethnobotanic notions, yoco is a plant that ‘gives advice’ to present who intake it. From the analysis of a shamanic chant of yajé (Banisteriopsis caapi), myths and interpretation of dreams, we show how the management of this species is granted from contrasting perspectives: for religious beings, yoco is a domesticated plant that grows in the famous gardens; for kill’s Master, a seed-dispersing bird, yoco is its own plantation; and for terrestrial human beings, the collection of wild yoco is like hunting, associated in dreams with the nocturnal curassow (Nothocrax urumutum). This study thus illustrates the relevance of a perspective approach to understand the ethnobotanic LORE underlying the management and extraction of a wild species of ritual and practical importance.