Ormosia coccinea is a plant that grows throughout the South Eastern North American countries, and all throughout South America.

It produces beautiful red seeds with one black spot covering one-third of its surface.

The seeds are known as wayruru (Aymara,[1] also spelled huayruro, huayruru, wayruro) in Peru, where villagers believe them to be powerful good luck charms[citation needed], and nene or chumico in Costa Rica.

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.