Psychotria viridis
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Psychotria viridis is a plant from the family of the redness plants (Rubiaceae) in the lowland rainforest of South , Central America and Cuba's growing. It contains, among other things, the psychedelic effective hallucinogenic tryptamine - alkaloid N , N -Dimethyltryptamin (DMT) and their leaves are in the Amazon region, together with the bark of the liana Banisteriopsis caapi to produce the Psychedelikums ayahuasca or caapi used one in the indigenous and mestizo folk medicine plays an important role.
features
Psychotria viridis grows as a two to four meter high tree with a smooth bark . The opposite leaves are sessile or stalked up to eight millimeters long. The leaf blade is elliptical with a pointed end and a wedge-shaped base. When dried, they turn red-brown to green-brown. The stipules are ovate, slightly pointed and darker in the center. They later fall off, leaving scars on the stem between two neighboring leaves. The inflorescences are triple-branched panicles or compact cymes that are terminally or apparently axillary. As a characteristic feature of the species, all secondary axes except the first two are greatly shortened. The sitting flowers have a cup-shaped calyx about 0.5 millimeters long. Five sepals are rarely recognizable as single leaves. The corolla is shaped as a white, cylindrical tube one to 1.5 millimeters long. It is very hairy on the inside and ends in five lanceolate tips. Like the stylus, five stamens reach a length of about 2.5 millimeters. The fruit is a red stone fruit when ripe, which turns reddish brown when dry. It is crowned by the chalice and has four to five furrows on the top and two furrows on the underside.
The flowering period extends from September to March. Fruits are borne from January to July.
See also
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- Clement W. Hamilton: A Revision of Mesoamerican Psychotria Subgenus Psychotria (Rubiaceae), Part I: Introduction and Species 1-16 . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . tape 76 , no. 1 , 1989, pp. 67-111 (English).
- Robert D. Blackledge, Charlotte M. Taylor: Psychotria Viridis - A Botanical Source of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) . US Drug Enforcement Administration ( online [accessed November 20, 2008]).
Web links
- Description in the Flora de Nicaragua (Spanish)
