Talk:Psychotria viridis
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| Psychotria viridis | |
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| Taxonomical nomenclature | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Unranked | Angiosperms |
| Unranked | Eudicots |
| Unranked | Asterids |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Genus | Psychotria |
| Species | P. viridis |
| Common nomenclature | |
| Synonyms | P. psychotriaefolia[1] |
| Common names | Chacruna, chacrona |
| Constituents | |
| Active constituents | DMT, NMT |
Psychotria viridis (commonly known as Chacruna) is a plant in the Psychotria genus and the Rubiaceae family.
Contents
Habitat
Chemistry
The leaves contain 0.1 to 0.61% N,N-DMT among trace amount of other alkaloids such as MMT and MTHC.[1]
Usage
In different tribes
Cofán
Quechua
Jivaro
Secoya
Cayapa
Colorado
Auca
See also
External links
Literature
- Der Marderosian, Ara H., et al. 1970. The use and hallucinatory principles of a psychoactive beverage of the Cashinahua tribe (Amazonia basin). Drug Dependence 5:7–14.
- Pinkley, Homer V. 1969. Etymology of Psychotria in view of a new use of the genus. Rhodora 71:535–40.
- Prance, G. T., and A. E. Prance. 1970. Hallucinations in Amazonia. Garden Journal 20:102–7.
- Russo, Ethan B. 1992. Headache treatments by native peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon: A preliminary cross-disciplinary assessement. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 36:192–206.
- 1997. An investigation of psychedelic plants and compounds for activity in serotonin receptor assays for headache treatment and prophylaxis. MAPS 7 (1): 4–8.