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'''Anadenanthera''' is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two to four species, including ''A. colubrina'' and ''A. peregrina''. These trees respectively are known to the western world primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs Vilca/Cebil and Yopo/Cohoba.
The main active constituents of ''Anadenanthera'' is bufotenine.

Contents

Chemical compounds

Species

References

Notes

General References

External links

Chemical compounds

Chemical compounds contained in Anadenanthera include:

★ 5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, Bark^[1]

★ Serotonin^[2]

★ N-Methyl-serotonin^[2]

★ 5-Methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, Bark^[2]

★ Bufotenin, Seeds, bark^[2]

★ Bufotenine N-oxide, Seeds^[2]

★ N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, Seeds, pods, bark^[2]

★ N,N-Dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide, Seeds^[2]

★ N-Methyltryptamine, Bark^[2]

★ 2-Methyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole^[2]

★ 2-Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole^[2]

★ 1,2-Dimethyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole^[2]

Species

★ ''Anadenanthera colubrina''

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★ ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (Vell.Conc.)Brenan var. ''cebil'' (Griseb.)Altschul

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★ ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (Vell.Conc.)Brenan var. ''colubrina''

★ ''Anadenanthera peregrina''

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★ ''Anadenanthera peregrina'' var. ''falcata''

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★ ''Anadenanthera peregrina'' var. ''peregrina''

References

Notes

1. Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America By Constantino Manuel Torres, David B. Repke
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General References

★ Constantino Torres - Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of South America (2006) ISBN 0-7890-2642-2

★ Jonathan Ott - Shamanic Snuffs or Entheogenic Errhines (2001) ISBN 1-888755-02-4

★ Richard Evans Schultes - Plants of the Gods (1992) ISBN 0-89281-979-0

★ Patricia J. Knobloch - Wari Ritual Power at Conchopata: An Interpretation of Anadenanthera Colubrina Iconography. Latin American Antiquity 11(4), 2000, pp.387-402.

★ http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=78

External links

★ Society of Ethnobotanical Studies and Modified States of Consciousness

★ The Preparation of Anadenanthera Snuffs (Plot55.com)

★ Growing Anadenanthera colubrina (Plot55.com)

★ Who Was Who in the Andean Middle Horizon Prehistory: Plant Identification

★ Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America