Psychotria carthagenensis
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Psychotria carthagenensis, also known as amyruca, is a South American rainforest understory shrub from the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It grows from the tropics of South America to Mexico.
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Ayahuasca
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Ayahuasca is a South American psychoactive decoction prepared from Banisteriopsis caapi vine and a dimethyltryptamine -containing plant, used by Indigenous cultures in the Amazon and Orinoco basins as
Psychotria carthagenensis
…understory shrub from the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It grows from the tropics of South America to Mexico. The plant is used in the preparation of the ayahuasca decoction. A study in 1972 based in gas chromatography–mass spectrometry method determined the presence of the alkaloids dimethyltryptamine (DMT…
Ayahuasca being brewed in Iquitos, Peru
Ayahuasca being prepared in the Napo region of Ecuador
Ayahuasca cooking in the Loreto region of Peru
Ayahuasca being prepared in Ecuador