Anadenanthera

Taxobox
name = "Anadenanthera"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
genus = "Anadenanthera"
genus_authority = Speg.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"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.

Chemical compounds

Chemical compounds contained in Anadenanthera include:

*5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, Bark [http://books.google.com/books?id=cMSFT5K3C9wC&pg=PA121&dq=acacia+alkaloids&sig=--zI-ThP1jSuZlgXlfXhKMG0MCU#PPA107,M1 Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America By Constantino Manuel Torres, David B. Repke] ]
*Serotonin.]
*N-Methyl-serotonin.]
*5-Methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, Bark.]
*Bufotenin, Seeds, bark.]
*Bufotenine N-oxide, Seeds.]
*N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, Seeds, pods, bark.]
*N,N-Dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide, Seeds.]
*N-Methyltryptamine, Bark.]
*2-Methyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido [3,4-b] indole.]
*2-Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido [3,4-b] indole.]
*1,2-Dimethyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido [3,4-b] indole.]

pecies

*"Anadenanthera colubrina"
**"Anadenanthera colubrina" (Vell.Conc.)Brenan var. "cebil" (Griseb.)Altschul
**"Anadenanthera colubrina" (Vell.Conc.)Brenan var. "colubrina"

*"Anadenanthera peregrina"
**"Anadenanthera peregrina" var. "falcata"
**"Anadenanthera peregrina" var. "peregrina"

References

Notes

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

* [http://www.see-emc.net/ Society of Ethnobotanical Studies and Modified States of Consciousness]
* [http://www.plot55.com/usage/anadenanthera.html The Preparation of Anadenanthera Snuffs (Plot55.com)]
* [http://www.plot55.com/growing/a.colubrina.html Growing Anadenanthera colubrina (Plot55.com)]
* [http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~bharley/WWWPlantIDICON.html#Acolubrina Who Was Who in the Andean Middle Horizon Prehistory: Plant Identification]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=cMSFT5K3C9wC&pg=PA121&dq=acacia+alkaloids&sig=--zI-ThP1jSuZlgXlfXhKMG0MCU#PPA102,M1 Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America]