Echinopsis pachanoi
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Echinopsis pachanoi, synonyms including Trichocereus pachanoi and Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi, is a fast-growing columnar cactus found in the Andes at 2,000–3,000 m in altitude. It is one of
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Echinopsis pachanoi, San Pedro Cactus, the tall cactus in the mid-foreground, in its natural habitat in Peru. Several fruits with shrivelled flowers can be seen.
Sliced to be brewed.
Echinopsis pachanoi seedling
Mescaline
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Mescaline, also known in chemical terms as 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine, is a naturally occurring psychedelic drug and alkaloid of the phenethylamine and scaline families found in certain cacti like
Echinopsis pachanoi
…northern Peru as cultural heritage. Echinopsis pachanoi contains a number of alkaloids (especially cactus alkaloids), including the well-studied chemical mescaline (from 0.053% up to 4.7% of dry cactus weight), and also 3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine, 3-Methoxytyramine, 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, anhalonidine…
A sample of pure mescaline.
Trichocereus pachanoi (San Pedro cactus) in Peru.
Dried peyote (Lophophora williamsii), containing ~5 to 6% mescaline by weight.
The stela of the cactus bearer, a piece of ancient Peruvian art depicting the San Pedro cactus.