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Psychotria carthagenensis

Page Contents 1. Names 1.1 Taxonomy 2 Methods of Use 3 The experience 4. Toxicity 5. Chemistry 6. Distribution 7. Photos 8. Related Pages 9. Referrences

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Family: Rubiaceae

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Botanical Name: Psychotria carthagenensis

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Synonymy: Mapouria alba (Ruiz & Pav.) Mull. Arg., Psychotria alba Ruiz & Pav., Psychotria foveolata Ruiz & Pav., Uragoga alba (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze, Uragoga foveolata (Ruiz & Pav.) M. Gomez

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1.1. Psychotria carthagenensis Taxonomy: Back to top

Psychotria carthaginensis Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. 16. 1760. P. foveolata R. % P. Fl. 2: 59. pl. 207, f. b. 1799. Uragoga foveolata Gomez, Anal. Hist. Nat. Madrid 23: 294. 1894.

A nearly glabrous shrub 1-3 meters, high; stipules large, thin, obovate, obtuse, brownish; leaves short-petiolate, the blades lance-elliptic to oblong-obovate, broadest at or above the middle, acute or acuminate, acute to attenuate at the base, puberulent beneath along the nerves or glabrate; inflorescencepedunculate, paniculate, open, usually radiately branched at the base, many-flowered, the minute bracts deciduous; calyx obsoletely denticulate; corolla white, glabrous or minutely puberulent, 4mm. long; fruit red, 4mm. long. Neg. 483.

Amazonas: Chachapoyas, Mathews.-Huanuco: Type material from Chinchao and Cochero, Ruiz & Pavon (photo. and fragm. of authentic specimen seen, ex hb. Berol.). Posuso, 600 meters, 4677. Cuschi, 1,500 meters open forest, 4854. Yanano, 1,800 meters, sunny slope, 3718. Rio Huallaga Canyon below Rio Santo Domingo, 1,200 meters, in forest, 4196.-Junin: Chanchamayo, Raimondi 2757.-Loreto:Ucayali Valley, Tessmann 3382, 3302.-Puno: Near Sandia, 1,500-2,000 meters, Weberbauer 1073.-San Martin: Tarapoto, Williams 5809; Spruce 4288. Rio Mayo, Spruce 4350. Widely distributed in South and Central America.

The determinations of some of the specimens cited ar more or less uncertain. In this species the leaves often are domatiate beneath, that is, provided along the costa with small, sack-like structures that house parasites. [2]

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In Ayahuasca

As an ornamental

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Please note: Some chemicals may not be listed and some may or may not be toxic. Do not consume plants based on this table, it only gives a general idea of *some* of the chemicals this plant contains.

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Rubiaceae Family

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[1]Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants & analogs : Assembled by Keeper of the Trout

[2] Flora of Peru. J. F. By Macbride (1936). 13 (6/1)

[3] A revision of Mesoamerican Psychotria subgenus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) (1989). By Clement W. Hamilton. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 76, Number 1. Pages 67-111.