Mimosa tenuiflora, syn. Mimosa hostilis, also known as jurema preta, calumbi (Brazil), tepezcohuite (México), carbonal, cabrera, jurema, black jurema, and binho de jurema, is a perennial tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil and found as far north as southern Mexico, and the following countries: El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. It is most often found in lower altitudes, but it can be found as high as 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
Image: Mimosa tenuiflora Jurema
Image: Mimosa tenuiflora — João de Deus Medeiros 002
Small Mimosa tenuiflora stem and roots
Mimosa tenuiflora root bark
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine is a substituted tryptamine that occurs in many plants and animals, including humans, and which is both a derivative and a structural analog of tryptamine. DMT is used as a psychedelic drug and prepared by various cultures for ritual purposes as an entheogen.
Free base DMT extracted from Mimosa hostilis root bark (left); vape cartridge made with freebase DMT extract (right)
Ayahuasca preparation
DMT crystals