- Psychotria carthagenensis
Taxobox
name = "Psychotria carthagenensis"
regnum =Plant ae
image_width = 270px
image_caption = Photos: [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/RUBI-psyc-cart-1647120.jpg] [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/RUBI-psyc-cart-2181993.jpg] [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/RUBI-psyc-cart-1703230.jpg] [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/RUBI-psyc-cart-1702258.jpg] [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/RUBI-psyc-cart-ecu-2171869.jpg] [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/RUBI-psyc-cart-2021407.jpg] [http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/RUBI-psyc-cart-1826743.jpg]
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Gentianales
familia =Rubiaceae
genus = "Psychotria "
species = "P. carthagenensis"
binomial = "Psychotria carthagenensis"
binomial_authority =Jacq. [ [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=4087482 Catalogue of Life] ]
synonyms ="Psychotria carthaginensis" ("lapsus ")"Psychotria carthagenensis", also known as
Amyruca , is aSouth America n rainforest understoryshrub from thecoffee family,Rubiaceae . It grows from the tropics of South America toMexico . [cite web
url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=167558&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=167558&status=true
title=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist Series
publisher=apps.kew.org
accessdate=2008-04-24
last=
first=]Containing the hallucinogenic
indole alkaloid DMT, it is primarily known as an ingredient in theentheogen ic teaAyahuasca , although its use is less common than "Diplopterys cabrerana " or its close relative "Psychotria viridis ".ee also
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Psychedelic plants References
External links
* [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=4087482 Catalogue of Life]
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