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Psychotria

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Noun1.Psychotria - tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees
genus Psychotria
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Rubiaceae, madder family, Rubiaceae - widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
lemon-wood, lemon-wood tree, lemonwood tree, Psychotria capensis, lemonwood - South African evergreen having hard tough wood
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ayahuasca is blend of three essential plants, including Banisteriopsis caapi, or ayahuasca; Psychotria viridis, or yage; and Brugmansia aurea, or toe.
Ethnobotany: the study of people, plants, and culture by Aaron, Shawn,; Morris, Steve E. / Townsend Letter
Working in the Amazon, Gabriel encountered natives who introduced him to the mysteries of ayahuasca (also called hoasca and yage), a tea typically made with Psychotria viridis leaves, which contain DMT, and the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, which contains chemicals that make the DMT orally active by preventing enzymes from breaking it down before it can reach the bloodstream.
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These species include Crudia teysmannia (timba tawang), Fagraea fragrans (tembesu), Ficus heterophylla (luwak), Psychotria montensis (akar engkerabang), and Xanthophyllum flavescens (tengkurung).
Flora and vegegation of Danau Sentarum: unique lake and swamp forest ... by Giesen, Wim / Borneo Research Bulletin
 
 
 
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