Brosimum acutifolium

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Brosimum acutifolium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Brosimum
Species:
B. acutifolium
Binomial name
Brosimum acutifolium
Huber

Brosimum acutifolium is a tree of the genus Brosimum that is found in South America. [1] [2] [3] The latex of Brosimum acutifolium contains bufotenin and is used as an entheogen and hallucinogen under the name takini by certain peoples in South America. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Neumann J, Dhein S, Kirchhefer U, Hofmann B, Gergs U (2024). "Effects of hallucinogenic drugs on the human heart". Front Pharmacol. 15 1334218. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1334218 . PMC   10869618 . PMID   38370480. S2CID   267489833.
  2. 1 2 Ujváry I (2014). "Psychoactive natural products: overview of recent developments". Ann Ist Super Sanità. 50 (1): 12–27. doi:10.4415/ANN_14_01_04. PMID   24695249.
  3. 1 2 Moretti C, Gaillard Y, Grenand P, Bévalot F, Prévosto JM (June 2006). "Identification of 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (bufotenine) in takini (Brosimumacutifolium Huber subsp. acutifolium C.C. Berg, Moraceae), a shamanic potion used in the Guiana Plateau". J Ethnopharmacol. 106 (2): 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.022. PMID   16455218.


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