Mescal bean
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Mescal bean ( Calia secundiflora ), inflorescence |
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The mescal bean ( Calia secundiflora (Ortega) Yakovlev , syn .: Sophora secundiflora ( Ortega ) Lag. Ex DC. , Broussonetia secundiflora Ortega ), also called Frijolillo, Colorines or red mescal bean, is a plant species in the subfamily of the butterfly family (Faboideae).
Description and ecology
Vegetative characteristics
The mescal bean grows as an evergreen, hardy , small tree or shrub and reaches heights of up to 6, up to 10 meters. The opposite constantly arranged, odd pinnate leaves contain 5 to 13 leathery pinna leaflet containing 3 to 5 cm long and about 2 to 2.8 cm are wide.
Generative characteristics
The racemose inflorescences are 5 to 12 cm long. The blue-violet, fragrant flowers are five-fold, hermaphrodite and zygomorphic . The five green sepals are fused together like a bell.
The brown, hairy, hard and woody legume is 2.5 to 12.5 cm long and contains one to eight red seeds. The fruits are only eaten by a few animals.
Chromosome number
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.
Occurrence
The mescal bean is common in the southern US states of Texas , New Mexico, and Mexico . It thrives in the Texas savannah , steppe bush and chaparral .
ingredients
The seeds and leaves of the psychoactive plant contain cytisine , anagyrin, and sparteine .
Legal position
In Germany, the mescal bean is not subject to the BtMG .
literature
- Wolfgang Schmidbauer , Jürgen vom Scheidt: Handbook of intoxicating drugs. , 4th edition, 1999, ISBN 3-596-13980-5 , p. 327 ff.
- Bert Marco Schuldes: Psychoactive Plants. , Pieper & Grüne Kraft, 2003, ISBN 3925817646 , p. 87.
- William L. Merrill: An Investigation of Ethnographic and Archaeological Specimens of Mescalbeans (Sophora Secundiflora in American Museums). , Univ. of Michigan Museum, 1977, ISBN 0932206158 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Calia secundiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
- ↑ United States Forest Service : Comprehensive information on the type. (Engl.)
- ^ Sophora secundiflora at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ www.catbull.com: Sophora secundiflora
Web links
- Description in the Flora of Pakistan . (engl.)
- Sophora secundiflora at Plants For A Future
- Erowid (Engl.)
- NRCS: USDA Plants Profile ( Memento of December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- University of Arizona
- Data sheet with photos.
- In the list of the office for practical biology .
- Angelika Prentner: Consciousness-changing plants from AZ , Springer-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-211-23524-8 . Angelika Prentner Mind-changing plants from AZ ( Memento from December 23, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 39 kB)