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Alicia anisopetala is a woody South American liana native to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and NE Argentina, sold online as "black" ayahuasca. It is poorly studied, so little is firmly established about its growing needs or safety.
Alicia anisopetala is a South American liana, a type of woody vine. It is native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay and Peru.
Despite its availability from online sellers and marketing as "black" ayahuasca, it has been poorly studied and lacks an established safety profile.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alicia anisopetala by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
