Psychoactive Plants
Total of 87 psychoactive plants in database.
• Acorus Calamus
• Amanita Muscaria
• Amanita Pantherina
• Anadenanthera Colubrina
• Anadenanthera Peregrina
• Areca Catechu
• Argyreia Nervosa
• Artemisia Absinthium
• Atropa Belladonna
• Banisteriopsis Caapi
• Banisteriopsis Rusbyana
• Brugmansia Arborea
• Brugmansia Sanguinea
• Brugmansia Insignis
• Brugmansia Candida
• Brugmansia spp.
• Brunfelsia Grandiflora
• Calea Zacatechichi
• Camellia Sinensis
• Cannabis Sativa
• Cannabis Indica
• Catha Edulis
• Claviceps Purpurea
• Coffea Arabica
• Cola Spp.
• Conocybe Siligineoides
• Conocybe Cyanopus
• Corynanthe Yohimbe
• Datura Stramonium
• Datura Inoxia
• Datura Metel
• Datura spp.
• Desmanthus Illinoensis
• Duboisia Hopwoodii
• Entada Rheedii
• Ephedra Sinica
• Erythroxylum Coca
• Heimia Salicifolia
• Hoodia Gordonii
• Humulus Lupulus
• Hyoscyamus Niger
• Hyoscyamus Albus
• Ilex Paraguariensis
• Ilex Vomitoria
• Illicium spp.
• Ipomoea Violacea
• Justicia Pectoralis
• Kaempferia Galanga
• Lactuca Virosa
• Lagochilus Inebrians
• Leonotis Leonurus
• Lobelia Tupa
• Lophophora Williamsii
• Mandragora Officinarum
• Mimosa Hostilis
• Mitragyna Speciosa
• Myristica Fragrans
• Nelumbo Nucifera
• Nicotiana Tabacum
• Nicotiana Rustica
• Nymphaea Caerulea
• Papaver Somniferum
• Passiflora Incarnata
• Peganum Harmala
• Pelecyphora Aselliformis
• Pernettya Furens
• Phalaris Arundinacea
• Piper Methysticum
• Pleiospilos Bolusii
• Psilocybe Cubensis
• Psilocybe Mexicana
• Psilocybe Semilanceata
• Psilocybe Cyanescens
• Psilocybe Tampanensis
• Psychotria Viridis
• Rivea Corymbosa
• Salvia Divinorum
• Sceletium Tortuosum
• Silene Capensis
• Sophora Secundiflora
• Tabernanthe Iboga
• Trichocereus Peruvianus
• Trichocereus Pachanoi
• Trichocereus Bridgesii
• Virola Theidora
• Voacanga Africana
Acacia Maidenii
General Info
Acacia maidenii, also known as Maiden\'s Wattle, is a tree native to Australia. It grows up to 15 meters in height, and the phyllodes reach 20 centimeters in length and 1 to 3 centimeters in width.
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Common name Maiden's Wattle
Botanical name: Acacia Maidenii
Family: Fabaceae
Psychoactive Info
The bark contains 0.36% of the hallucinogen DMT as well as 0.24% of N-methyltryptamine. When smoked, the bark gives a mild hallucinogenic effect. It is also a common admixture ingredient to Australian Ayahuasca brews.
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Effects: PsychedelicAcorus Calamus
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Sweet Flag
Botanical name: Acorus Calamus
Family: Araceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Amanita Muscaria
General Info
Amanita muscaria is a red-yellow capped mushroom which grows in Europe and all over South and North America. Amanita has been used by shamans for more than 2000 years.
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Common name Fly Agaric
Botanical name: Amanita Muscaria
Family: Amanitaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Deliriant, PsychedelicAmanita Pantherina
General Info
Amanita pantherina var. pantherina, also known as the \"European Panther\" and \"False Blusher\" due to its similarity to the true Blusher (Amanita rubescens), is a species of Europe and western Asia. Material described as A. pantherina in the Americas seems to belong to a number of distinct taxa only some of which have been described.
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Common name Panther Caps
Botanical name: Amanita Pantherina
Family: Amanitaceae
Psychoactive Info
The European Panther contains ibotenic acid and muscimol, it is used as an entheogen much less often than the related Amanita muscaria because of the extremely high levels of these compounds found in the mushroom. They are however sometimes dried or cooked at a low temperature and ingested.
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Anadenanthera Colubrina
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Vilca
Botanical name: Anadenanthera Colubrina
Family: Fabaceae
Psychoactive Info
Vilca (Anadenanthera colubrina), also known as cebil, is a South American tree closely related to Yopo, or A. peregrina. Vilca and Cebil also refer to the entheogenic snuff made from the seeds of the tree. The main active constituents of vilca are Bufotenin and to a much lesser degree DMT and 5-MeO-DMT. As Bufotenin is quickly metabolised, the effects of the drug are short acting.
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Effects: PsychedelicAnadenanthera Peregrina
General Info
Yopo, Anadenanthera peregrina, (also known as Cohoba, Jopo, Nopo, Mopo), is a native South American tree as well as an entheogen used in healing and rituals.
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Common name Yopo
Botanical name: Anadenanthera Peregrina
Family: Fabaceae
Psychoactive Info
The beans of the tree are either ground with a mortar and pestle into a powder or moistened and rolled into a hard paste with some lime. In some areas the beans are also smoked. The trees grow in open plain areas, and leaves, bark and seeds contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and related compounds (Schultes 1976,1977; Pachter et al. 1959).
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Effects: PsychedelicAreca Catechu
General Info
Areca catechu is the areca palm or areca nut palm, (Malay: Pinang), a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa.
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Common name Areca Palm
Botanical name: Areca Catechu
Family: Piperaceae
Psychoactive Info
The areca nut is chewed for its stimulating effects.
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Effects: StimulantArgyreia Nervosa
General Info
Hawaiian Baby Woodrose (Argyreia nervosa), not to be confused with the Hawaiian Woodrose (Merremia tuberosa), is a perennial climbing vine, also known as Elephant Creeper and Woolly Morning Glory. Native to the Indian subcontinent and introduced to numerous areas worldwide, including Hawaii, Africa and the Caribbean, it can be invasive, although is often prized for its aesthetic value.
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Common name Hawaiian Baby Woodrose
Botanical name: Argyreia Nervosa
Family: Convolvulaceae
Psychoactive Info
The seeds of the plant are sometimes used as a legally obtainable psychedelic, though they are illegal to consume.
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Effects: PsychedelicArtemisia Absinthium
General Info
Artemisia absinthium (absinthium, absinthe wormwood, wormwood, common wormwood, or grand wormwood) is a species of wormwood, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa.
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Common name Wormwood
Botanical name: Artemisia Absinthium
Family: Asteraceae
Psychoactive Info
Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium has been used for centuries to make a green colored alcoholic drink called [prep=Absinthe]absinthe[/prep] which is illegal in most countries these days. It has been said that the famous painter Vincent van Gogh was under the influence of absinthe when he sliced his ear off and sent it to a woman.
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Effects: PsychedelicAtropa Belladonna
General Info
Atropa Belladonna is a perennial branching herb native to central and southern Europe which has been used throughout the middle ages for religious, hallucinogenic and war purposes. The plant usually grows up to about 4 feet. The name Atropa Belladonna is latin referring to the Greek Fate Atropos. Another common name for the plant is deadly nightshade well named seeing as the plant is highly toxic and poisonous when consumed.
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Common name Deadly Nightshade
Botanical name: Atropa Belladonna
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
The foliage and berries of Belladonna are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include scopolamine and hyoscyamine which cause a bizarre delirium and hallucinations. The drug atropine is derived from the plant.
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Effects: Derliriant, PoisonBanisteriopsis Caapi
General Info
Banisteriopsis caapi is a tropical plant found in South American countries such as Ecuador, Peru and the West of Brazil.
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Common name Ayahuasca
Botanical name: Banisteriopsis Caapi
Family: Malpighiaceae
Psychoactive Info
The vines of the plant are used to make a sacred hallucinogenic drink commonly called [prep=Ayahuasca]ayahuasca[/prep] or yage which is used ceremonially by shamans in the western half of the Amazon Valley and on the Pacific slopes of the Colombian and Ecuadorean Andes.
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Effects: MAO InhibitorBanisteriopsis Rusbyana
General Info
Banisteriopsis rusbyana also called Diplopterys cabrerana is a South American rainforest vine, commonly known as Chaliponga, Chagropanga and, in parts of Ecuador, Chacruna. It is found in the Amazonian lowlands of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Common name Chaliponga
Botanical name: Banisteriopsis Rusbyana
Family: Malpighiaceae
Psychoactive Info
Chaliponga is a common admixture of the entheogenic tea Ayahuasca, and is rich in tryptamines such as DMT and 5-MeO-DMT.
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Brugmansia Arborea
General Info
Brugmansia is a tree datura that grows all the way from Colombia down as far as Peru and central Chile.
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Common name Yellow Angels Trumpet
Botanical name: Brugmansia Arborea
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
The plant contains an agent called Scopolamine which causes powerful hallucinations.
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Effects: DeliriantBrugmansia Sanguinea
General Info
Brugmansia is a tree datura that grows all the way from Colombia down as far as Peru and central Chile.
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Common name Blood-Red Angel's Trumpet
Botanical name: Brugmansia Sanguinea
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Deliriant, HallucinogenBrugmansia Insignis
General Info
Brugmansia is a tree datura that grows all the way from Colombia down as far as Peru and central Chile.
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Common name Angel's Trumpets
Botanical name: Brugmansia Insignis
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Brugmansia Candida
General Info
Brugmansia is a tree datura that grows all the way from Colombia down as far as Peru and central Chile.
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Common name Angel's Trumpets
Botanical name: Brugmansia Candida
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Brugmansia Spp.
General Info
Brugmansia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to subtropical regions of South America, along the Andes from Colombia to northern Chile, and also in southeastern Brazil. They are known as Angel\'s Trumpets.
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Common name Angel Trumpets
Botanical name: Brugmansia spp.
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Brunfelsia Grandiflora
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Fever Tree
Botanical name: Brunfelsia Grandiflora
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Deliriant, HallucinogenCalea Zacatechichi
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Dream Herb
Botanical name: Calea Zacatechichi
Family: Asteraceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Dream enhancer, HallucinogenCamellia Sinensis
General Info
Camellia sinensis is the species of plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. White tea, green tea, oolong, pu-erh tea and black tea are all harvested from this species, but are processed differently to attain different levels of oxidation. Kukicha (twig tea) is also harvested from Camellia sinensis, but uses twigs and stems rather than leaves. Common names include tea plant, tea tree, and tea shrub.
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Common name Tea
Botanical name: Camellia Sinensis
Family: Theaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: StimulantCannabis Sativa
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Marijuana
Botanical name: Cannabis Sativa
Family: Cannabaceae
Psychoactive Info
Cannabis has be used for medicinal purposed since 2700 B.C. when the first written record of cannabis use was made in the pharmacopoeia of Shen Nung, one of the fathers of Chinese medicine.
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Effects: Depressant, Intoxicant, Psychedelic, StimulantCannabis Indica
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Marijuana
Botanical name: Cannabis Indica
Family: Cannabaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Depressant, Intoxicant, Psychedelic, StimulantCatha Edulis
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Khat
Botanical name: Catha Edulis
Family: Celastraceae
Psychoactive Info
Catha edulis is a large shrub native to Ethiopia but has spread as far west as the Congo and as far south as South Africa. The natives of Ethiopia chewed the leaves and buds of the plant which acts as a stimulant and hunger suppressant.
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Effects: StimulantClaviceps Purpurea
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Ergot
Botanical name: Claviceps Purpurea
Family: Hypocreaceae
Psychoactive Info
Ergot is the common name of a fungus in the genus Claviceps. The fungus is parasitic on certain grains and grasses. The form the fungus takes to over-winter is called a sclerotium, and this small structure is what is usually referred to as 'ergot', although referring to the members of the Claviceps genus as 'ergot' is also correct. There are about 50 known species of Claviceps, most of them in the tropical regions.
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Effects: Psychedelic, PoisonCoffea Arabica
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Coffee
Botanical name: Coffea Arabica
Family: Rubiaceae
Psychoactive Info
Coffea arabica is a large bush which originated in Ethiopia. Coffea arabica is grown all over the world for the beans which are used to make coffee. The coffee beans contain caffeine which acts as a stimulant.
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Effects: StimulantCola Spp.
General Info
Kola nut (Cola) is a genus of about 125 species of trees native to the tropical rainforests of Africa, classified in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae (or treated in the separate family Sterculiaceae). It is related to the South American genus Theobroma, or cocoa. They are evergreen trees, growing to 20 m tall, with glossy ovoid leaves up to 30 cm long.
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Common name Kola Nut
Botanical name: Cola Spp.
Family: Malvaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: StimulantConocybe Siligineoides
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Conocybe
Botanical name: Conocybe Siligineoides
Family: Agariceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: PsychedelicConocybe Cyanopus
General Info
Conocybe cyanopus is a member of the genus Conocybe which contains the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin. It is formerly known as Pholiotina cyanopoda, Conocybe cyanopoda, and Galerula cyanopus.
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Common name Conocybe
Botanical name: Conocybe Cyanopus
Family: Agariceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: PsychedelicCorynanthe Yohimbe
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Yohimbe
Botanical name: Corynanthe Yohimbe
Family: Rubiaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: StimulantDatura Stramonium
General Info
Datura stramonium aka Jimsonweed is a member of the nightshade family and is native to India but over the years has been imported to Europe and North America.
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Common name Thorn Apple
Botanical name: Datura Stramonium
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Jimsonweed when smoked acts as a powerful deliriant and large amounts can be poisonous and even fatal.
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Effects: DeliriantDatura Inoxia
General Info
Datura inoxia (thorn-apple, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, moonflower, sacred datura, nacazcul, toloatzin, or toloache) is a species in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Central and South America, and introduced in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.
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Common name Toloache
Botanical name: Datura Inoxia
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Datura inoxia, like other Datura species, contains the highly toxic alkaloids atropine, hyoscine (scopolamine), and hyoscyamine.
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Effects: DeliriantDatura Metel
General Info
Datura metel, commonly known as devil\'s trumpet, metel, downy thorn-apple and, along with Datura stramonium, zombie cucumber. Datura metel is a shrub-like perennial herb.
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Common name Devil's Trumpet
Botanical name: Datura Metel
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: DeliriantDatura Spp.
General Info
Datura is a genus of nine species of vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.
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Common name Thorn Apple
Botanical name: Datura spp.
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Desmanthus Illinoensis
General Info
Desmanthus illinoensis is a woody perennial herb which grows wild in North America mainly the United States.
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Common name Desmanthus Illinoensis
Botanical name: Desmanthus Illinoensis
Family: Fabaceae
Psychoactive Info
The root bark of the plant contain a hallucinogenic chemical called DMT. Desmanthus has been used by native Americans as a cold and flu remedy.
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Effects: PsychedelicDuboisia Hopwoodii
General Info
Duboisia (commonly called Corkwood Tree) is a genus of small perennial shrubs to trees about 14 m tall, with extremely light wood and a thick corky bark. There are four species; all occur in Australia, and one also occurs in New Caledonia.
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Common name Pituri Bush
Botanical name: Duboisia Hopwoodii
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Australian aborigines chew the nicotine-containing dried leaves of Duboisia hopwoodii, mixed with ash from Acacia species. They call this pituri.
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Effects: Cataleptic, Euphoric, Sedative, StimulantEntada Rheedii
General Info
Entada rheedii is a large woody liana or climber. It is also known as African Dream Herb and Snuff Box Sea Bean. It is often spelled as Entada rheedei, though initially published as E. rheedii. The alternate spelling is to correctly honour Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakestein (1637-1691).
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Common name African Dream Herb
Botanical name: Entada Rheedii
Family: Fabaceae
Psychoactive Info
The leaves of this plant are dried and smoked to induce vivid dreams. Its seeds are found on east and southern African beaches, having grown on river and estuary banks and in swamp forest. They have thick and durable seed coats and can survive lengthy periods of immersion in sea water. These seeds are sought after as pieces of jewelry and as good-luck charms. As a result of its ready dispersal by sea, Entada rheedii is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
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Ephedra Sinica
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Ma Huang
Botanical name: Ephedra Sinica
Family: Ephedraceae
Psychoactive Info
Ephedra is both a stimulant and a thermogenic; its biological effects are due to its ephedrine and pseudoephedrine content.
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Effects: StimulantErythroxylum Coca
General Info
Erythroxylum coca originated in the eastern Andes but nowadays it is widely cultivated in South America for its cocaine content. The main cultivators of Coca are Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Common name Coca
Botanical name: Erythroxylum Coca
Family: Erythroxylaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: StimulantHeimia Salicifolia
General Info
Sinicuichi (Heimia), also known as Sun Opener or Shrubby Yellowcrest, is a genus of two or three species of shrubs in the family Lythraceae, native to the Americas, from northern Argentina north to the southernmost United States (southern Texas). The leaves are 2-5 cm long and 1 cm broad, entire, and variably arranged alternate, opposite or whorled on the stems. The flowers are 3-4 cm diameter, with yellow, purple or blue petals.
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Common name Sinicuichi
Botanical name: Heimia Salicifolia
Family: Lythraceae
Psychoactive Info
Heimia salicifolia is often reported to have hallucinogenic effects. This controversial attribution of effects appears to be traceable back to a publication by J. B. Calderón in 1896 who wrote that it was said to possess a \"curious and unique physiological action ... people drinking either a decoction or the juice of the plant have a pleasant drunkenness ... all objects appear yellow and the sounds of bells, human voices or any other reach their ears as if coming from a long distance.\"
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Effects: PsychedelicHoodia Gordonii
General Info
Hoodia gordonii is a leafless spiny succulent plant with medicinal uses. It grows naturally in South Africa and Namibia. The flowers smell like rotten meat and are pollinated mainly by flies.
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Common name Hoodia Gordonii
Botanical name: Hoodia Gordonii
Family:
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Humulus Lupulus
General Info
Humulus lupulis is a rapid growing, vine like plant which is part of the cannabaceae (cannabis) family.
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Common name Hops
Botanical name: Humulus Lupulus
Family: Cannabaceae
Psychoactive Info
Hops is regularly used in brewing beer to add to the flavour and aroma. Hops is also known to have mild psychoactive and medicinal qualities.
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Effects: Mild sedativeHyoscyamus Niger
General Info
Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a plant of the family Solanaceae that originated in Eurasia, though it currently grows, at least to some extent, on all continents.
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Common name Black Henbane
Botanical name: Hyoscyamus Niger
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
It was historically used in combination with other plants, such as Mandrake , Deadly Nightshade, and Datura as an anaesthetic potion, as well as for its psychoactive properties in \'magic\' brews.
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Effects: Derliriant, PoisonHyoscyamus Albus
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Yellow Henbane
Botanical name: Hyoscyamus Albus
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Deliriant, HallucinogenIlex Paraguariensis
General Info
Yerba mate (Rioplatense Spanish) or erva mate (Portuguese) (Ilex paraguariensis) is a species of holly (family Aquifoliaceae) native to subtropical South America in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil and Bolivia.
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Common name Yerba Mate
Botanical name: Ilex Paraguariensis
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Psychoactive Info
A highly caffeinated infusion called mate is prepared by steeping the dried leaves in hot water. Drinking mate with friends from a shared hollow gourd (also called a mate in Spanish, or caba�a or cuia in Portuguese) with a metal straw (a bombilla in Spanish, bomba or canudo in Portuguese) is an extremely common social practice in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and southern Brazil. Its use has also been introduced into Lebanon and Syria, particularly among the Druze minority.
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Effects: StimulantIlex Vomitoria
General Info
Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly, Yaupon, or Cassina; the latter shared with Ilex cassine), is a species of holly native to southeastern North America, occurring in United States from Maryland south to Florida and west to Oklahoma (only in the extreme southeast) and Texas, and in Mexico in Chiapas.
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Common name Yaupon Holly
Botanical name: Ilex Vomitoria
Family:
Psychoactive Info
Native Americans used the leaves and stems to brew a tea called asi or black drink for male-only purification and unity rituals. The ceremony included vomiting, and Europeans incorrectly believed that it was the drink itself that caused it (hence the Latin name). The active ingredient is actually caffeine, and the vomiting was either learned or as a result of the great quantities in which they drank the beverage coupled with fasting.
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Effects: StimulantIllicium Spp.
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Star Anise
Botanical name: Illicium spp.
Family: Illiciaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Ipomoea Violacea
General Info
Ipomoea violacea is a perennial species of Ipomoea (morning glory) that occurs throughout the tropics, growing in coastal regions.
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Common name Morning Glory
Botanical name: Ipomoea Violacea
Family: Convolvulaceae
Psychoactive Info
The seeds of Morning Glory contain LSA.
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Effects: PsychedelicJusticia Pectoralis
General Info
Justicia pectoralis is a herb of the Acanthus family (Acanthaceae). This water-willow is widely known as tilo in Latin America. In Haiti it is called chapantye and zeb chapantyè on Dominica and Martinique. Other folk names are carpintero (\"carpenter\"), té criollo (\"Criollo tea\"), curia, death-angel, masha-hari, or piri piri.
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Common name Mashihiri
Botanical name: Justicia Pectoralis
Family: Acanthaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: PsychedelicKaempferia Galanga
General Info
Galangal (also known as blue ginger or Thai Ginger), is a rhizome with culinary and medicinal uses, best known in the west today for its appearance in Thai cuisine (e.g., tom kha gai) but also common in recipes from medieval Europe. It is available as a powder from vendors of Oriental spices and also available in whole, cut or powdered from vendors of herbs.
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Common name Galanga
Botanical name: Kaempferia Galanga
Family: Zingiberaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: AphrodisiacLactuca Virosa
General Info
Lactuca virosa is a plant in the Lactuca (lettuce) genus. It is related to common lettuce (L. sativa), and is often called Wild Lettuce, Bitter lettuce, Laitue vireuse, Opium Lettuce, Poisonous Lettuce, or Rakutu-Karyumu-So.
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Common name Wild Lettuce
Botanical name: Lactuca Virosa
Family: Asteraceae
Psychoactive Info
Lactuca virosa is often ingested for its mild psychotropic (specifically hypnotic or sedative) effects which are often described as being similar to that of opium.
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Lagochilus Inebrians
General Info
Lagochilus inebrians, commonly known as inebriating mint, intoxicating mint or Turkistan mint, is a member of the mint family Labiatae.
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Common name Turkestan Mint
Botanical name: Lagochilus Inebrians
Family: Lamiaceae
Psychoactive Info
This plant is reported to produce intoxicating and sedative effects due to its content of lagochiline. It is used as such by Tajik, Tatar, Turkoman, and Uzbek tribesman during feasts and holidays. It is traditionally consumed as a tea. It is little known outside of its home country of Uzbekistan, though there is some budding interest on the part of entheogenic-minded Westerners.
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Effects: Intoxicant, SedativeLeonotis Leonurus
General Info
The genus Leonotis (Lion\'s Ear or Lion\'s-Tail) consists of about 30 species of plants in the family Lamiaceae, all but one native to southern Africa; the one other species (Leonotis nepetifolia) is native to tropical Africa and southern India.
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Common name Wild Dagga
Botanical name: Leonotis Leonurus
Family: Lamiaceae
Psychoactive Info
Leonotis leonurus (Wild Dagga) and L. nepetifolia are mildly narcotic and are sometimes smoked as a marijuana substitute. They also have many medicinal uses. A plant infusion was once used by the Iroquois as a digestive aid or nerve tonic as well as in many rituals.
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Effects: Mild euphoriacLobelia Tupa
General Info
Lobelia tupa (Tupa, Tabaco del diablo) is a species of Lobelia native to central Chile from ValparaÃso south to Los Lagos regions. It is an evergreen perennial plant growing to 4 m tall. The foliage grey-green, with elliptical leaves 10–15 cm long. The flowers are red, trumpet-shaped, produced in a sympodium pattern. It is, and thrives in dry soils.
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Common name Tobaco del Diablo
Botanical name: Lobelia Tupa
Family: Lobeliaceae
Psychoactive Info
The plants latex is used as an abortifacient, and a hallucinogen, which may explain one of its common names, Tabaco del Diablo (Devil\'s tobacco). Ironically, this plant has been used as a counter effect herb on nicotine addiction because of alkaloid Lobeline, a nicotinic agonist. The Mapuche Indians of Southern Chile consider it a sacred plant.
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Effects: StimulantLophophora Williamsii
General Info
Peyote is a psychedelic cacti native to the Chihuahan Desert in Northern Mexico, although its most abundant in its native habitat, it stretches all the way to Zacataces in the South of Mexico. Peyote is known to have been used as long ago as 1000 B.C. by the natives of Mexico and Texas.
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Common name Peyote
Botanical name: Lophophora Williamsii
Family: Cactaceae
Psychoactive Info
The buttons on the cactus contain a hallucinatory alkaloid called [i]mescaline.[/i]
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Effects: PsychedelicMandragora Officinarum
General Info
Mandrake is the common name for members of the plant genus Mandragora belonging to the nightshades family (Solanaceae). Their roots, because their curious bifurcations cause them to have a semblance to the human figure (male & female), have long been used in magic rituals, today also in neopagan religions such as Wicca.
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Common name Mandrake
Botanical name: Mandragora Officinarum
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Deliriant, PoisonMimosa Hostilis
General Info
Mimosa hostilis is a perennial evergreen shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil, and is found as far north as southern Mexico. It is sometimes also referred to as Mimosa tenuiflora in older literature. It is one of many Mimosa species.
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Common name Jurema
Botanical name: Mimosa Hostilis
Family: Fabaceae
Psychoactive Info
The bark of Mimosa hostilis contains DMT. The bark is the part of the tree traditionally used in northeastern Brazil in a psychoactive decoction also called Jurema or Yurema. Analogously, the traditional Western Amazonian sacrament Ayahuasca is brewed from indigenous ayahuasca vines.
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Effects: PsychedelicMitragyna Speciosa
General Info
Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a medicinal leaf harvested from a large tree native to Southeast Asia, first documented by Dutch colonial botanist Korthals. It is botanically related to the Corynanthe, Cinchona and Uncaria genii and shares some similar biochemistry. Other species in the Mitragyna genus are used medicinally in Africa, and also used for their wood.
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Common name Kratom
Botanical name: Mitragyna Speciosa
Family: Rubiaciae
Psychoactive Info
Kratom is used for its psychoactive effects in its native region, with growing use elsewhere in the world. It is grown widely in Indonesia for the dried herb trade. In Southeast Asia the fresh leaves are usually chewed, often continuously, by workers or manual laborers seeking a numbing, stimulating effect. Less commonly, the leaves are decocted or extracted into water and then evaporated into a tar that can be swallowed. Kratom is not often smoked, although this method does provide some effect. Kratom contains many alkaloids including mitragynine (once thought to be the primary active), mitraphylline, and 7-hydroxymitragynine (which is currently the most likely candidate for the primary active chemical in the plant).
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Effects: Depressant, Intoxicant, StimulantMyristica Fragrans
General Info
The nutmegs Myristica are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. They are important for two spices derived from the fruit, nutmeg and mace.
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Common name Nutmeg
Botanical name: Myristica Fragrans
Family: Myristicaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: DeliriantNelumbo Nucifera
General Info
Nelumbo nucifera, known by a number of names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus, is a plant in the Nelumbonaceae family. Botanically, Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) may also be referred to by its former names, Nelumbium speciosum (Wild.) or Nymphaea nelumbo. This plant is an aquatic perennial. Under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China.
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Common name Indian Lotus
Botanical name: Nelumbo Nucifera
Family: Nelumbonaceae
Psychoactive Info
Indian lotus is reported to have psychoactive properties.
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Nicotiana Tabacum
General Info
Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is a perennial herbaceous plant. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco. It grows to heights between 1 to 2 metres.
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Common name Tobacco
Botanical name: Nicotiana Tabacum
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Every part of the plant except the seed contains nicotine, but the concentration is related to different factors such as species, type of land, culture and weather conditions. The concentration of nicotine increases with the age of the plant. Tobacco leaves contain 2 to 8% nicotine combined as malate or citrate. The distribution of the nicotine in the mature plant is widely variable: 64% of the total nicotine exists in the leaves, 18% in the stem, 13% in the root, and 5% in the flowers.
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Effects: StimulantNicotiana Rustica
General Info
Nicotiana rustica, known in South America as Mapacho, is a plant in the Solanaceae family. It is a very potent variety of tobacco.
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Common name Aztec Tobacco
Botanical name: Nicotiana Rustica
Family: Solanaceae
Psychoactive Info
Rustica is also used for entheogenic purposes by South American shamans. Growing in the rainforest it contains up to twenty times more nicotine than common North American varieties such as N. tabacum. Other reasons for its shamanic use are the comparatively high levels of MAOI beta-carbolines, including [drug=harmine]harmine[/drug], [drug=harmaline]harmaline[/drug] and tetrahydroharmine. Most commonly, it is allowed to soak in water, and the water is then insufflated; it is also smoked in cigars and used as an enema. In the east southern of Turkey, people use this herb and ashes of some tree bodies to make a stuff called \\\"MaraÅŸ Otu\\\". They use this putting under either of the lips like Swedish snus. It is also a common admixture of Ayahuasca in some parts of the rainforest.
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Effects: StimulantNymphaea Caerulea
General Info
Nymphaea caerulea, also known as the Egyptian blue lily or sacred blue lily, is a water-lily in the genus Nymphaea.
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Common name Blue Lotus
Botanical name: Nymphaea Caerulea
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Psychoactive Info
Recent studies have shown Nymphaea caerulea to have psychoactive properties. It may have been used as a sacrament in ancient Egypt and certain ancient South American cultures. Dosages of 5 to 10 grams of the flowers induces slight stimulation, a shift in thought processes, enhanced visual perception, and mild closed-eye visuals. Nymphaea caerulea is distantly related to, and possesses similar activity as Nelumbo nucifera, the Sacred Lotus. Both Nymphaea caerulea and Nelumbo nucifera contain the alkaloids nuciferine and aporphine.
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Effects: SedativePapaver Somniferum
General Info
The Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the type of poppy from which opium and many refined opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine, are extracted. The binomial name means, loosely, the \\\"sleep-bringing poppy\\\", referring to its narcotic properties. The seeds are important food items, and contain healthy oils used worldwide in the culinary arts. The plant itself is valuable for ornamental purposes, and has been known as the \\\"common garden poppy\\\". It is widely grown in ornamental gardens throughout Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.
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Common name Opium Poppy
Botanical name: Papaver Somniferum
Family: Papaveraceae
Psychoactive Info
Papaver somniferum contains many refined opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, and papaverine.
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Effects: SedativePassiflora Incarnata
General Info
Maypop (Passiflora incarnata L.), also known as Purple passionflower, True passionflower, Wild apricot, and Wild passion vine, is a fast growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. As a member of the passionflower genus Passiflora, the Maypop has large, intricate flowers with prominent styles and stamens.
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Common name Passion Flower
Botanical name: Passiflora Incarnata
Family: Passifloraceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: SedativePeganum Harmala
General Info
Although Peganum Harmala originated in the Middle East, it grows in Oceania and southern states in the U.S such as Nevada, New Mexico and Texas.
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Common name Syrian Rue
Botanical name: Peganum Harmala
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Psychoactive Info
Syrian Rue contains MAOI\'s which are needed to make [prep=Ayahuasca]ayahuasca/yage[/prep].
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Effects: MAO InhibitorPelecyphora Aselliformis
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Peyotillo
Botanical name: Pelecyphora Aselliformis
Family: Cactaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Pernettya Furens
General Info
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Common name Hierba Loca
Botanical name: Pernettya Furens
Family: Ericaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Phalaris Arundinacea
General Info
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Common name Reed Canary Grass
Botanical name: Phalaris Arundinacea
Family: Poaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: PsychedelicPiper Methysticum
General Info
Kava (Piper methysticum) is an ancient crop of the western Pacific. Other names for kava include `awa (Hawaii), \'ava (Samoa), yaqona (Fiji), and sakau (Pohnpei). Kava is related to the black pepper; both have heart-shaped leaves and flowers similar to the flower spike of the anthurium. Kava also has a peppery taste. Kava has long been a part of religious, political, and cultural life throughout the Pacific.
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Common name Kava Kava
Botanical name: Piper Methysticum
Family: Piperaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Depressant, IntoxicantPleiospilos Bolusii
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Pleiospilos Bolusii
Botanical name: Pleiospilos Bolusii
Family: Cactaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Psilocybe Cubensis
General Info
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Common name San Isidro
Botanical name: Psilocybe Cubensis
Family: Strophariaceae
Psychoactive Info
Psilocybe cubensis is a psychedelic mushroom which is known to have been used ritually by cults in the Oaxaca mountains in central Mexico since before the Spanish conquistadors arrived and is believed to date back to prehistoric times. Psilocybe mushrooms when ingested cause the user to experience psychedelic states and hallucinations. The main psychedelic agents in psilocybe cubensis are psilocybin and psilocin.
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Effects: PsychedelicPsilocybe Mexicana
General Info
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Common name Teonanácatl
Botanical name: Psilocybe Mexicana
Family: Strophariaceae
Psychoactive Info
Teonanácatl is a sacred mushroom which has been used ritually by the Aztecs thousands of years ago.
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Effects: PsychedelicPsilocybe Semilanceata
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Liberty Caps
Botanical name: Psilocybe Semilanceata
Family: Strophariaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: PsychedelicPsilocybe Cyanescens
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Psilocybe Cyanescens
Botanical name: Psilocybe Cyanescens
Family: Strophariaceae
Psychoactive Info
Psilocybe cyanescens, also known as "wavy caps" is a potent psychedelic mushroom whose main active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin. It belongs to the family Strophariaceae and was described from Kew Gardens, United Kingdom, by E. M. Wakefield in the 1940s. This species is closely related to Psilocybe azurescens which can be distinguished by its conical and acutely umbonate pileus, larger fruit bodies and longer spores.
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Effects: PsychedelicPsilocybe Tampanensis
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Psilocybe Tampanensis
Botanical name: Psilocybe Tampanensis
Family: Strophariaceae
Psychoactive Info
Psilocybe tampanensis is a very rare psychedelic mushroom whose only known natural specimen was collected in the wild by Steven Pollock, near Tampa, Florida in 1977. All spores and cultivations of this species nowadays are originated from this only specimen. It has never again been seen in Florida but a second sighting was reported from Mississippi, however no culturable material was obtained.
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Effects: PsychedelicPsychotria Viridis
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Chacruna
Botanical name: Psychotria Viridis
Family: Rubiaceae
Psychoactive Info
Psychotria viridis is a shrub from the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It contains the hallucinogenic—or entheogenic—indole alkaloid DMT (Dimethyltryptamine). It is known primarily as a principle admixture to the ayahuasca brew used in South and Central America. It has many local names, including Chacruna and Chacrona.
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Effects: PsychedelicRivea Corymbosa
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Ololiuqui
Botanical name: Rivea Corymbosa
Family: Convolvulaceae
Psychoactive Info
Rivea corymbosa (common synonym: Turbina corymbosa), is a species of morning glory plants, native throughout Latin America from Mexico in the North to Peru in the South and widely naturalised elsewhere.
Known to natives of Mexico as Ololiuhqui (also spelled ololiuqui), its seeds, while little known outside of Mexico, were perhaps the most common hallucinogenic drug used by the natives.
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Effects: PsychedelicSalvia Divinorum
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Diviner's Sage
Botanical name: Salvia Divinorum
Family: Lamiaceae
Psychoactive Info
Salvia divinorum, also known as Diviner's Sage, Magic Mint, Ska María Pastora, or simply Salvia (although the genus name is shared among many plants) is a psychoactive plant, a member of the sage genus and the Lamiaceae (mint) family. It has long been used as an entheogen by the indigenous Mazatec shamans for healing during spirit journeys. The plant is found in isolated, shaded and moist plots in Oaxaca, Mexico. It is thought to be a cultigen, as no definitively wild populations have been found.
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Effects: PsychedelicSceletium Tortuosum
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Kanna
Botanical name: Sceletium Tortuosum
Family:
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Silene Capensis
General Info
Silene capensis (syn. Silene undulata) (also known as African Dream Root) is a plant native to the Eastern Cape of South Africa, where it is regarded by the Xhosa people as a sacred plant. Its root is traditionally used to induce vivid (and according to the Xhosa, prophetic) lucid dreams during the initiation process of shamans, classifying it a naturally-occurring oneirogen similar to the more well-known dream herb Calea zacatechichi.
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Common name Ubulawa
Botanical name: Silene Capensis
Family:
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: OneirogenSophora Secundiflora
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Mescal
Botanical name: Sophora Secundiflora
Family: Fabaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: Psychedelic, PoisonTabernanthe Iboga
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Iboga
Botanical name: Tabernanthe Iboga
Family: Apocynaceae
Psychoactive Info
Tabernanthe iboga is a tropical plant that grows in rainforests of West African countries such as the Congo and Gabon. Iboga is a sacred plant to the Christian Bwiti cult of the Fang people of Gabon and is often used as a stimulant but in high doses it becomes a hallucinogen.
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Trichocereus Peruvianus
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name Peruvian Torch
Botanical name: Trichocereus Peruvianus
Family: Cactaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Effects: PsychedelicTrichocereus Pachanoi
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name San Pedro
Botanical name: Trichocereus Pachanoi
Family: Cactaceae
Psychoactive Info
San Pedro is a tall multi-branched cactus native to the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes. Although San Pedro contains a smaller mescaline content than Peyote it makes up for it with its size.
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Effects: PsychedelicTrichocereus Bridgesii
General Info
Currently no information.
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Common name T. Bridgesii
Botanical name: Trichocereus Bridgesii
Family: Cactaceae
Psychoactive Info
Currently no information.
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Virola Theidora
General Info
Virola, also known as Epen�, is a genus of medium-sized trees native to the South American rainforest and closely related to other Myristicaceae, such as nutmeg. It has glossy, dark leaves with clusters of tiny yellow flowers and emits a pungent odor.
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Common name Virola
Botanical name: Virola Theidora
Family: Myristicaceae
Psychoactive Info
The dark-red resin of the tree bark contains several hallucinogenic alkaloids, most notably 5-MeO-DMT(Virola calophylla) or N,N-DMT, perhaps the most \"powerful\" member of the Dimethyltryptamine family; it also contains beta-carboline harmala alkaloids, MAOIs that greatly potentiate the effects of DMT.
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Effects: PsychedelicVoacanga Africana
General Info
Voacanga africana is a 30 foot tall tree that grows in West Africa.
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Common name Voacanga Africana
Botanical name: Voacanga Africana
Family: Apocynaceae
Psychoactive Info
Africana is reported to contain voacangine, ibogamin and other alkaloids. The bark and seeds have been reported to be used as an aphrodisiac, psychedelic, poison and stimulant by West African natives.
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Effects: Aphrodisiac, Hallucinogen, Poison, Stimulant"Deliberate provocation of mystical experience, particularly by LSD and related hallucinogens, in contrast to spontaneous visionary experiences, entails dangers that must not be underestimated. Practitioners must take into account the peculiar effects of these substances, namely their ability to influence our consciousness, the innermost essence of our being. The history of LSD to date amply demonstrates the catastrophic consequences that can ensue when its profound effect is misjudged and the substance is mistaken for a pleasure drug. Special internal and external advance preperations are required; with them, an LSD experiment can become a meaningful experience."
- Albert Hoffman