Monday, March 21, 2011

Brugmansia Arborea

Common Name: Yellow Angels Trumpet
Brugmansia is a tree datura that grows all the way from Colombia down as far as Peru and central Chile.

Psychedelic Properties
The plant contains an agent called Scopolamine which causes powerful hallucinations.
Effects: Derliriant

Atropa Belladonna

Common Name: Deadly Nightshade
Atropa Belladonna is a perennial branching herb native to central and southern Europe which has been used throughout the middle ages for religious, hallucinogenic and war purposes. The plant usually grows up to about 4 feet. The name Atropa Belladonna is latin referring to the Greek Fate Atropos. Another common name for the plant is deadly nightshade well named seeing as the plant is highly toxic and poisonous when consumed.

Psychedelic Info
The foliage and berries of Belladonna are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include scopolamine and hyoscyamine which cause a bizarre delirium and hallucinations. The drug atropine is derived from the plant.
Effects: Poisen, Derliriant


Artemisia Absinthium

Artemisia absinthium (absinthium, absinthe wormwood, wormwood, common wormwood, or grand wormwood) is a species of wormwood, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa.
Common Name: Wormwood

Psychactive Properties
Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium has been used for centuries to make a green colored alcoholic drink called Absinthe which is illegal in most countries these days. It has been said that the famous painter Vincent van Gogh was under the influence of absinthe when he sliced his ear off and sent it to a woman.
Effects: Psychodelic

Argyreia Nervosa

Common Name: Hawaiian Baby Woodrose
Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, not to be confused with the Hawaiian Woodrose (Merremia tuberosa), is a perennial climbing vine, also known as Elephant Creeper and Woolly Morning Glory. Native to the Indian subcontinent and introduced to numerous areas worldwide, including Hawaii, Africa and the Caribbean, it can be invasive, although is often prized for its aesthetic value.

Psychoactive Properties:
The seeds of the plant are sometimes used as a legally obtainable psychedelic, though they are illegal to consume.
Effects: Psychedelic

Anadenanthera Peregrina

Common Name: Yopo
Yopo, Anadenanthera peregrina, (also known as Cohoba, Jopo, Nopo, Mopo), is a native South American tree as well as an entheogen used in healing and rituals.

Psychoactive Info
The beans of the tree are either ground with a mortar and pestle into a powder or moistened and rolled into a hard paste with some lime. In some areas the beans are also smoked. The trees grow in open plain areas, and leaves, bark and seeds contain DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and related compounds (Schultes 1976,1977; Pachter et al. 1959).
Effects: Psychedelic