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Anadenanthera

Anadenanthera
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

Anadenanthera is a genus of South American legume trees, mainly A. colubrina and A. peregrina, grown for shade, timber and ornament and known for the psychoactive snuffs made from their seeds. Care details below apply to the commonly grown members in general.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during the dry season and let the top of the soil dry between waterings once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Safety
Toxic: Seeds, bark and pods contain bufotenin and related tryptamine alkaloids, which are psychoactive and can cause nausea, hallucinations and cardiovascular effects.

About

Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two species, A. colubrina and A. peregrina. These trees are known to the western world primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs vilca/cebil and yopo/cohoba.

A 2024 molecular marker study of few hundred specimens sampled across Brazil and lowland Bolivia supports a four-species hypothesis (A. colubrina (Vell.) Brenan, A. macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan, A. peregrina (L.) Speg., and A. falcata (Benth.) Speg) for the Anadenanthera genus as opposed to a two-species, four-variety hypothesis.

Other Anadenanthera plants

Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil · Curupay · Cohoba Tree · Cohoba tree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anadenanthera 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.

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