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Sacred Blue Lily of the Nile [seed (5) finely powdered]
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Other Names
Sacred Blue Lily of the Nile, Sacred Lotus, Blue Lotus, Lily, Blue Water Lily, Blouwaterlelie, Kaaimanblom, Frog's Pulpit, Paddapreekstoel, Blou Plomb, Izubu.
Description
The Blue Lily, or Blue Lotus was the most sacred plant of Ancient Egypt. It was frequently depicted in works of art, where it is most often shown in party and other social scenes, and sometimes in scenes of sexual debauchery. The flowers were noted for their delightful perfume, suggestive of the sweat of Ra. "A divine essence, for bringing euphoria, heightened awareness and tranquility". Some people today believe that the Egyptians used this plant as a narcotic both for its healing qualities and as a recreational drug when soaked in wine, though this is a hotly debated topic.
Scent
Enchanting, aquatic, yet not like water. Somewhat like river mud, yet clean. Floral, yet austere. Ornamental and sweet smelling. Its fragrance is almost creamy, with a sharpness hiding within, similar to that of a hyacinth, a loquat and even of a banana. A transcendent, ethereal, softly sweet, and uplifting bouquet.
Aromatic Properties
The Blue Lotus is connected to the expansion of the higher mind. It eases the spirit out of the body and assists it forward towards its highest potential in the realm of Spirit. It offers one of the highest vibrations of any flower. It is the symbol of the victory of the spirit over the senses, of intelligence and wisdom, of knowledge.
As well as stimulating spiritual evolvement it acts as a "booster" to other flower essences by intensifying and spiritualizing their effects. Blue Lotus acts on all levels encouraging a gentle unfolding of the highest potential within the Self. Used as a fragrance in aromatherapy, Blue Lotus is purported to have a "divine" essence, bringing euphoria, heightened awareness and tranquility. It can be used to create a feeling of contentment and good health and for some works as an aphrodisiac. It was the Egyptian symbol for good health, good romance and birth. Blue Lotus is also a component of both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda.
Contents
Nuciferin, Aporphine, Nurpharine, Nupharidine.
Historical
Fossil remains of the Blue Lotus, remarkably similar to today's plant, have been dated to the Jurassic period, and it was widely dispersed before the Ice Age, making it one of the world's first known flowering plants, if not actually the first. This gives an archaeological link to the central role played by the lotus in the creation legends of so many different cultures.
The Blue Lotus flower had a wide variety of uses and meanings to various cultures. They were used for artistic purposes, for symbols, to make bread, to make perfume, for healing and funerary purposes.
The Blue Lotus has had a profound impact on human society, and human civilization, including the Ancient Egyptians, the Chinese, the Japanese, the people of India, the Buddhists, the Greeks and numerous other cultures around the world.
The primary reason for the use of the Blue Lotus as a symbol by the Ancient Egyptians was because it symbolized the origin of life. According to Watterson, they equated the Creator-god with the Blue Lotus, which is believed to have emerged at some point in time from the primeval ocean. Nun-Ra, their primary god, was believed to have first appeared as a beautiful child floating on a great Blue Lotus. As a symbol of rebirth for the Kemet, the Lotus was closely related to the imagery of the funerary and Osirian cult. The Four Sons of Horus were frequently shown standing on a Blue Lotus in front of Osiris. The Book of the Dead contains references to "transforming oneself into a Lotus" and thus fulfilling the promise of resurrection. The Blue Lotus was found scattered over Tutankhamon's body when the Pharaoh's tomb was opened in 1922.
The precise use made by the Kemet of Nymphaea caerulea apart from in funerary rites is still being debated.
In Asia and Africa, the Blue Lotus symbolized immortality in recognition of the plant's ability to survive and resprout after long droughts, and the seed's ability to remain viable for many years.
In China it was regarded as a religious symbol, and a symbol of feminine beauty. Similarly in India, it was compared with the human female form, and in their legends they believe that Brahma, their creator of the universe, sprang from a Lotus-like blossom.
In view of the fact that people are represented sniffing Lotus flowers as early as the time of the pyramid builders, we are faced with a practice that could well date back to the dawn of civilization. At a time when man’s senses had not yet been pampered with products obtained through distillation, not to mention modern artificial preparations, sensitivity to natural scents must have been even more acute. When an Egyptian buried his nose in a Lotus flower, and perhaps kept it there for a while, the effect on him may well have been considerable, and the scent alone may have been sufficient to achieve an alteration of his consciousness.
Contemporary reference to the role of Waterlilies and Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) in ancient Egyptian healing suggest the possible importance of these plants as adjuncts to shamanistic healing in dynastic Egypt. Although the usual interpretation of the Waterlily and the Mandrake has been that of a part of ritual mourning, it is argued that the dynastic Egyptians had developed a form of shamanistic trance induced by these two plants and used it in medicine as well as in healing rituals. Analysis of the ritual and sacred iconography of dynastic Egypt, as seen on stelae, in magical papyri, and on vessels, indicates that these people possessed a profound knowledge of plant lore and altered states of consciousness. The abundant data indicate that the shamanistic priest, who was highly placed in the stratified society, guided the souls of the living and dead, provided for the transmutation of souls into other bodies and the personification of plants as possessed by human spirits, as well as performing other shamanistic activities.
Plant Description
An aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeace. The Blue Lotus has pointed flowers and floating leaves with smooth edges, leaves broadly rounded, 25-40 cm across, with a notch at the leaf stem. The flowers are 10-15 cm diameter. The flower buds rise to the surface over a period of two to three days, and when ready, open in the morning and close in the early afternoon. The flowers and buds do not rise above the water in the morning, nor do they submerge at night. The flowers have pale bluish-white to sky-blue petals, smoothly changing to a pale yellow in the centre of the flower.
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Lucid Dreaming
Nymphaea caerulea - Entheology
Nymphaea caerulea - Erowid
Nymphaea caerulea - God's favorite flower
Nymphaea caerulea - Nymphaea cults in ancient Egypt and the New World: a lesson in empirical pharmacology
Nymphaea caerulea - Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. var. caerulea (Sav.) Verdc.
Nymphaea caerulea - Seven Facet Blue Lotus Seichem
Nymphaea caerulea - The Blue Water Lily, by Caroline Seawright
Nymphaea caerulea - The Flowers of Ancient Egypt and Today, by Jane Howard
Nymphaea caerulea - The Lotus And The Nile, by Christopher Rutledge
Oneiromancy
Psychoactive Lotus / Lily - The Vaults of Erowid
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Syrian Rue [seeds (1) whole]
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Other Names
Peganum, Rue, African Rue, Syrian Rue, Harmal shrub, Espand, Isband, Ozallaik, Steppenraute.
Description
Syrian Rue (Peganum harmala) is thought to have been traditionally used for psychoactive effects. (Stafford, 1995) This species belongs to the Zygophyllaceae family. Seeds from the Syrian Rue contain compounds known as harmala alkaloids. Syrian Rue has a long history of use as a psychoactive drug. It has been used as an entheogen in the Middle East for thousands of years, and in modern Western culture, it is often used as an analogue of Banisteriopsis caapi to create an ad-hoc Ayahuasca. Syrian Rue however has distinct aspects from Banisteriopsis caapi and a unique entheogenic signature.
Scent
Syrian Rue has strong-smelling seeds that are burned in ceremonial fires. Produces a light, distinctly scented smoke when burnt on charcoal disks. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, perhaps linked to its entheogenic properties, and mostly as a charm against "The Evil Eye".
Contents
Seeds and roots contain b-carboline alkaloids, mostly harmine, as well as harmaline, harmalol, harman, peganine, isopeganine, dipegene, vasicinone and deoxyvasicinone. "B-carboline alkaloids stimulate the brain and may induce visual hallucinations" (1). "These unusual alkaloids are psychoactive derivatives of B-carboline, When administered to man, the harmala alkaloids are serotonin antagonists, CNS stimulants, hallucinogens and extremely potent, short term Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors. Interestingly enough, neither harmine, harmaline nor P. harmala is included in the Federal Controlled Substance Act." (2)
"Present at 3% by dry weight, the harmala alkaloids may be extracted from the seeds and roots and purified as crystalline bases. Hasenfratz described this process in 1927." (2)
Additional Remarks
There is at least one harmala alkaloid found in the pineal gland of both humans and several animals. According to some reports, this compound is more abundant in the pineal glands of highly advanced yogis. This has led to speculation that it’s presence may impart power to the "Third Eye" in mid-forehead where the pineal gland lies. (Stafford, 1993) Harmaline is a compound of special interest because it closely resembles substances that are derived from the pineal glands of mammals. In particular, 10-methoxy-harmaline, which may be obtained in vitro from the incubation of serotonin in pineal tissue, resembles harmaline in its subjective effects. This suggests that harmaline, which differs only in the position of the methoxy group, may derive it’s activity from the mimicry of a metabolite that is normally involved in the control of states of consciousness.
Historical
Syrian Rue has been used since a very long time in Middle East as a poison. It was known to Dioscorides (40-90), Galien (131-200), and Avicenne (980-1037). It is thought to be the famous Haoma, the sacred inebriating plant cited in an ancient Iranian religious text, the Avesta, in part attributed to Zoroaster (Zarathustra) composed in the first millennium B.C. P. harmala has not been reported in the historical records to be used as a ritual inebriant. The main economic value of the plant in historical times has been as the source of vegetable dyes extracted from the seeds, especially in Turkey where the seeds are made into a red dye, much employed for dying ornate rugs, although it has traditional ethnomedicinal uses as well. In Africa, seeds have been used as incense since ancient times.
In Iran, dried capsules (known in Persian as Espand or Esfand-dâneh, mixed with other ingredients, are burnt so as to produce a light, distinctly scented smoke or incense. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, perhaps linked to its entheogenic properties, and mostly as a charm against "the evil eye". This Persian practice dates to pre-Islamic, Zoroastrian times. In Turkey dried capsules from this plant are strung and hung in homes or vehicles to protect against "the evil eye".
Health Warnings
Harmala alkaloids are short-term Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors. An MAOI acts to inhibit a key enzyme in your body responsible for processes in the brain and throughout the body. It is possible to have severe negative reactions to consuming Rue seeds and preparations. See: MAO Inhibitors - Foods to Avoid.
"Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an important enzyme in the human body. Located in the outer membrane of mitochondria, MAO breaks down physiologically active amines and renders them harmless and ineffective in a process called oxidative deamination. MAO inactivates biogenic amines like epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin. As the amine binds to the enzymes active sight, MAO "attacks" the carbon-hydrogen bond adjacent to the nitrogen. In an extremely rapid, enzyme- catalysed reaction, the amine is converted into a physiologically inactive metabolite. Any drug which interferes with the function of this catabolic enzyme is by definition an MAO inhibitor.
The harmala alkaloids are especially potent short-term MAO inhibitors. They temporarily prevent biogenic amines from binding to the active site of the MAO molecule and undergoing deamination. Amine synthesis continues but inactivation is blocked. The result is an accumulation of physiologically active amines (dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and serotonin) within the tissues and at the synapses. MAO inhibitors increase the action of these neurntransmitters at their receptors, which may account for some of the hallucinogenic effects characteristic of the harmala alkaloids. For 3 to 6 hours, the harmala alkaloids interfere with the protective enzyme MAO, before their action is reversed and MAO activity restored." (2)
Plant Description
Peganum harmala is a weed and wasteland species native to the deserts of India whose range stretches through the Gobi desert into the former Soviet Union. Native to the Mediterranean and central Asia. It is is a desert plant.
Growing from a perennial woody rootstock, Peganum harmala is a bright-green, densely foliaged, herbaceous succulent. Although its smooth many-branched stems may have a spread of 120cm or more, the plant is rarely over 60cm tall and generally appears round and bushy in habit. Its leaves are 6cm long, born singly and finely divided into long narrow segments. Each year between June and August, P. harmala produces many single white conspicuous flowers. Measuring 2 to 4cm across, these relatively large and showy blooms have five oblong-elliptic petals as well as five narrow sepals of slightly longer length. Each flower has the potential to develop into a fruit. A leathery, three valved seed capsule that stands erect on its stalk. Each capsule measures about 1cm in diameter and contains more than fifty dark-brown, angular seeds.
Cultivation is easy. Sow seed in very sandy soil. Provide shade for the first year, then plant out in sunny, dry location. Will tolerate freezing. Space plants 50cm apart. Grows 60cm tall.
Legal Remarks
Peganum harmala is uncontrolled in the United States. This means all parts of the plant and its extracts are legal to cultivate, buy, possess, and distribute (sell, trade or give) without a license or prescription. If sold as a supplement, sales must conform to U.S. supplement laws. If sold for consumption as a food or drug, sales are regulated by the FDA. The Beta-carbolines (harmala alkaloids) contained are not analogs of any scheduled substance. (Erowid)This product is illegal or somehow problematic to send to the following countries. Click on the country link for further information.
References
(1) Peganum harmala - Lycaeum
(2) Peganum harmala - The Hallucinogenic Herb of the American Southwest - Albert Most
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Ayahuasca Homepage
Ayahuasca to Pharmahuasca to Anahuasca - Jonathan Ott
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Peganum harmala - Erowid
Peganum harmala - The Hallucinogenic Herb of the American Southwest - Albert Most
Peganum harmala - TiHKAL Entry on Harmaline
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Syrian Rue [seeds (1) finely powdered]
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Other Names
Peganum, Rue, African Rue, Syrian Rue, Harmal shrub, Espand, Isband, Ozallaik, Steppenraute.
Description
Syrian Rue (Peganum harmala) is thought to have been traditionally used for psychoactive effects. (Stafford, 1995) This species belongs to the Zygophyllaceae family. Seeds from the Syrian Rue contain compounds known as harmala alkaloids. Syrian Rue has a long history of use as a psychoactive drug. It has been used as an entheogen in the Middle East for thousands of years, and in modern Western culture, it is often used as an analogue of Banisteriopsis caapi to create an ad-hoc Ayahuasca. Syrian Rue however has distinct aspects from Banisteriopsis caapi and a unique entheogenic signature.
Scent
Syrian Rue has strong-smelling seeds that are burned in ceremonial fires. Produces a light, distinctly scented smoke when burnt on charcoal disks. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, perhaps linked to its entheogenic properties, and mostly as a charm against "The Evil Eye".
Contents
Seeds and roots contain b-carboline alkaloids, mostly harmine, as well as harmaline, harmalol, harman, peganine, isopeganine, dipegene, vasicinone and deoxyvasicinone. "B-carboline alkaloids stimulate the brain and may induce visual hallucinations" (1). "These unusual alkaloids are psychoactive derivatives of B-carboline, When administered to man, the harmala alkaloids are serotonin antagonists, CNS stimulants, hallucinogens and extremely potent, short term Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors. Interestingly enough, neither harmine, harmaline nor P. harmala is included in the Federal Controlled Substance Act." (2)
"Present at 3% by dry weight, the harmala alkaloids may be extracted from the seeds and roots and purified as crystalline bases. Hasenfratz described this process in 1927." (2)
Additional Remarks
There is at least one harmala alkaloid found in the pineal gland of both humans and several animals. According to some reports, this compound is more abundant in the pineal glands of highly advanced yogis. This has led to speculation that it’s presence may impart power to the "Third Eye" in mid-forehead where the pineal gland lies. (Stafford, 1993) Harmaline is a compound of special interest because it closely resembles substances that are derived from the pineal glands of mammals. In particular, 10-methoxy-harmaline, which may be obtained in vitro from the incubation of serotonin in pineal tissue, resembles harmaline in its subjective effects. This suggests that harmaline, which differs only in the position of the methoxy group, may derive it’s activity from the mimicry of a metabolite that is normally involved in the control of states of consciousness.
Historical
Syrian Rue has been used since a very long time in Middle East as a poison. It was known to Dioscorides (40-90), Galien (131-200), and Avicenne (980-1037). It is thought to be the famous Haoma, the sacred inebriating plant cited in an ancient Iranian religious text, the Avesta, in part attributed to Zoroaster (Zarathustra) composed in the first millennium B.C. P. harmala has not been reported in the historical records to be used as a ritual inebriant. The main economic value of the plant in historical times has been as the source of vegetable dyes extracted from the seeds, especially in Turkey where the seeds are made into a red dye, much employed for dying ornate rugs, although it has traditional ethnomedicinal uses as well. In Africa, seeds have been used as incense since ancient times.
In Iran, dried capsules (known in Persian as Espand or Esfand-dâneh, mixed with other ingredients, are burnt so as to produce a light, distinctly scented smoke or incense. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, perhaps linked to its entheogenic properties, and mostly as a charm against "the evil eye". This Persian practice dates to pre-Islamic, Zoroastrian times. In Turkey dried capsules from this plant are strung and hung in homes or vehicles to protect against "the evil eye".
Health Warnings
Harmala alkaloids are short-term Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors. An MAOI acts to inhibit a key enzyme in your body responsible for processes in the brain and throughout the body. It is possible to have severe negative reactions to consuming Rue seeds and preparations. See: MAO Inhibitors - Foods to Avoid.
"Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an important enzyme in the human body. Located in the outer membrane of mitochondria, MAO breaks down physiologically active amines and renders them harmless and ineffective in a process called oxidative deamination. MAO inactivates biogenic amines like epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin. As the amine binds to the enzymes active sight, MAO "attacks" the carbon-hydrogen bond adjacent to the nitrogen. In an extremely rapid, enzyme- catalysed reaction, the amine is converted into a physiologically inactive metabolite. Any drug which interferes with the function of this catabolic enzyme is by definition an MAO inhibitor.
The harmala alkaloids are especially potent short-term MAO inhibitors. They temporarily prevent biogenic amines from binding to the active site of the MAO molecule and undergoing deamination. Amine synthesis continues but inactivation is blocked. The result is an accumulation of physiologically active amines (dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and serotonin) within the tissues and at the synapses. MAO inhibitors increase the action of these neurntransmitters at their receptors, which may account for some of the hallucinogenic effects characteristic of the harmala alkaloids. For 3 to 6 hours, the harmala alkaloids interfere with the protective enzyme MAO, before their action is reversed and MAO activity restored." (2)
Plant Description
Peganum harmala is a weed and wasteland species native to the deserts of India whose range stretches through the Gobi desert into the former Soviet Union. Native to the Mediterranean and central Asia. It is is a desert plant.
Growing from a perennial woody rootstock, Peganum harmala is a bright-green, densely foliaged, herbaceous succulent. Although its smooth many-branched stems may have a spread of 120cm or more, the plant is rarely over 60cm tall and generally appears round and bushy in habit. Its leaves are 6cm long, born singly and finely divided into long narrow segments. Each year between June and August, P. harmala produces many single white conspicuous flowers. Measuring 2 to 4cm across, these relatively large and showy blooms have five oblong-elliptic petals as well as five narrow sepals of slightly longer length. Each flower has the potential to develop into a fruit. A leathery, three valved seed capsule that stands erect on its stalk. Each capsule measures about 1cm in diameter and contains more than fifty dark-brown, angular seeds.
Cultivation is easy. Sow seed in very sandy soil. Provide shade for the first year, then plant out in sunny, dry location. Will tolerate freezing. Space plants 50cm apart. Grows 60cm tall.
Legal Remarks
Peganum harmala is uncontrolled in the United States. This means all parts of the plant and its extracts are legal to cultivate, buy, possess, and distribute (sell, trade or give) without a license or prescription. If sold as a supplement, sales must conform to U.S. supplement laws. If sold for consumption as a food or drug, sales are regulated by the FDA. The Beta-carbolines (harmala alkaloids) contained are not analogs of any scheduled substance. (Erowid)This product is illegal or somehow problematic to send to the following countries. Click on the country link for further information.
References
(1) Peganum harmala - Lycaeum
(2) Peganum harmala - The Hallucinogenic Herb of the American Southwest - Albert Most
Articles
Any information provided about products on this website, including any links to external websites, is purely intended for historical, scientific and educational purposes and should never be interpreted as a recommendation for a specific use of the products.
Ayahuasca Dreams
Ayahuasca Homepage
Ayahuasca to Pharmahuasca to Anahuasca - Jonathan Ott
Banisteriopsis caapi - Vine of the Soul - taken from “Plants of the gods, their sacred, healing and hallucinogenic powers”
Harmaline
Harmine
MAO Inhibiters - Foods to Avoid
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
Peganum harmala - Erowid
Peganum harmala - The Hallucinogenic Herb of the American Southwest - Albert Most
Peganum harmala - TiHKAL Entry on Harmaline
Peganum harmala - Wikipedia
Pharmahuasca, Anahuasca and Vinho da Jurema - Jonathan Ott
Telepathine
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Yopo [seeds (9) *Vilca* powdered]
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Other Names
Curupau, Curupay, Cebil, Yopi, Yopo, Cohoba, Yupa, Vilca, Huilca, Angico Preto, Curupay-atá, Niopo, Hisioma, Angico, Vilica, Sebil.
Description
Anadenanthera, a rare species that has been held as entheogenic for many centuries. Archaeological remains of Anadenanthera colubrina have been found all throughout South America and the West Indies.
The two species of trees in the Anadenanthera genus (A. peregrina and A. colubrina) both have hallucinogenic properties and have been widely used to make powerful psychoactive snuffs in American Indian cultures.
Anadenanthera is one of the four most widely used types of psychoactive substance in traditional South American Indian cultures, along with Tobacco, Ayahuasca and Virola species. The antiquity of Anadenanthera use has been confirmed by important archaeological discoveries.
Contents
Twelve indole alkaloids have been detected in the genus Anadenanthera. The discribution of these compounds in the various organs and vegetable parts of the plants is not uniform and no species has been found to contain all 12 alkaloids. The primary active constituent of the seeds is bufotenin, a tryptamine related to serotonin and DMT. The seeds contain small amounts of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and 5-hydroxy-N-monomethyltryptamine. (1)
Historical
The genus Anadenanthera was, together with tobacco, one of the most widely used shamanic inebriants. It is primarily South American in distribution and includes two species with two varieties each. The earliest evidence for the use of psychoactive plants in South America is provided by remains of seeds and pods recovered from archaeological sites four millennia old. Seeds are roasted, pulverized and inhaled through the nose, or smoked in pipes or as cigars. Anadenanthera also serves as an ingredient for chicha (a fermented drink) or similar preparations. The archaeological and ethnographical record have provided a wealth of information concerning the use of Anadenanthera. This is particularly true for regions of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina where the climate has favored preservation of ancient artifacts and human remains. Study of these materials has provided evidence of the continuous association of Anadenanthera with emerging Andean cultures. Such findings are indicative of its central role in the cultural development of indigenous New World societies.
Throughout Orinocia and Amazonia Yopo snuff is seen as an intermediary, and it is the element that allows access to the extra-human. The ceremonies were all-night sessions involving continuous use of the snuff. The use of snail shell as a snuff container is widespread, as is association with feline imagery. (1)
The snuff made of Anadenanthera seeds is taken for such purposes as magic or religious ceremonies and the diagnosis of illness by means of divination. At present, in some areas of northwestern Argentina the seeds of cebil are used to prepare an infusion taken mostly for disorders said to be of supernatural origin. (2)
Plant Description
Anadenanthera is a beautiful delicate fern-leaved tree with spreading branches, white puff-ball flowers and dark leather brown pods with 10-15mm diameter black pip seeds. It resembles the Lead Tree, the Albizia and many other legume trees, but it has the most delicate doubly pinnately-compound mimosa leaves.
Plants need full sunlight and prefer well-drained soil. Let the soil dry completely between watering. A. colubrina can handle some short term freezing conditions.
Anadenanthera peregrina is a species that occurs naturally and cultivated in the open plains or llanos region of the Orinoco basin of Colombia and Venezuela, in savannahs and light forests in British Guiana and in Brazil in the open grasslands.
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References
(1) Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America by Constantino Manual Torres, David B. Repke
(2) Hallucinogenic Snuff from Northwestern Argentina by M. L. Pochettino, A. R. Cortella, and M. Ruiz
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