Osteophloeum platyspermum andVirola duckei (myristicaceae): newly reported as hallucinogens from Amazonian Ecuador |
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Authors: | B C Bennett Rocío Alarcón |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biological Science, Florida International University, 33199, Miami, FL 2. Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 10458, Bronx, New York 3. Ecociencia: Fundación Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecológicos, Quito, Ecuador
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Abstract: | Quijos Quichua collaborators identifiedOsteophloeum platyspermum andVirola duckei (Myristicaceae) as sources of a psychoactive sap. This is the first reported hallucinogenic use of Myristicaceae from Ecuador. Species in Malpighiaceae and Solanaceae are more common sources of hallucinogens, but older Quichua still employ these myristicaceous species.Virola is used widely as a hallucinogen in other parts of Amazonia but there are no previous reports on the psychoactive use ofO. platyspermum. Field tests for the presence of alkaloids using Dragendorffs reagent were positive for both species. Like the Bora and Witoto in Peru, the Quijos Quichua consume myristicaceous hallucinogens orally. Most other indigenous peoples prepare psychoactive snuffs from the bark and sap. |
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