Anadenanthera peregrina – Yopo, Cebil, Villca

Anadenanthera peregrina – Yopo, Cebil, Villca

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants

FAMILY: Fabaceae (Legume) GENUS: Anadenanthera SPECIES: Colubrina, Peregrina COMMON NAMES: Cohoba, Hakudufha, Hataj,  Kahhobba, Kahobba, Niopo, Parica, Yopa, Yopo, Yupa, Una de Gato (Spanish, ‘cat claw’), Villca The Anadenanthera colubrina tree grows from...

Silene capensis – African Dream Root

Silene capensis – African Dream Root

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants

FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae GENUS: Silene SPECIES: Capensis COMMON NAMES: African Dream Root, Undlela Ziimhlophe (White Ways/Paths), Ubulawu Silene capensis is a plant native to the Eastern Cape of South Africa.  It is regarded by the Xhosa people as a sacred plant. It is...

Acorus calamus – Sweet Flag

Acorus calamus – Sweet Flag

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants

FAMILY: Arum GENUS: Acorus SPECIES: Calamus COMMON NAMES: Calamus, Sweet Flag, Ajil-i-turki (Persian), Akoron (Greek), Bajegida (Kannada), Bhadra (Sanskrit), Bojho (Nepali), Ch’ang (Chinese), Erba di Venere (Italian, ‘plant of Venus’), Flagroot,...

Ethnopharmacology of Ska María Pastora

Ethnopharmacology of Ska María Pastora

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Research

-By Leander J. Valdes III, Jose Luis Diaz, Ara G. Paul Summary Salvia divinorum is a perennial labiate used for curing and divination by the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico. The psychotropic effects the plant produces are compared to those of the other hallucinogens...

Cestrum parqui – Willow-Leafed Jessamine

Cestrum parqui – Willow-Leafed Jessamine

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants

FAMILY: Solanaceae GENUS: Cestrum SPECIES: Parqui COMMON NAMES: Alhuelahuen, Chilenischer Hammerstrauch, Duraznillo Negro, Green Cestrum, Hediondilla (‘stinking’), Paipalquen, Palqui, Willow-Leafed Jessamine, Yerba Santa Cestrum parqui is a bush with...