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Argyreia nervosa
Also called Baby Wood Rose, Elephant Climber, Elephant Vine, Silken Cord, Silver Morning Glory, Wood Rose, Woolly Morning Glory
Argyreia nervosa is a perennial climbing vine from the Indian subcontinent, grown on arbours, pergolas and walls. It needs full sun, moist but well-drained soil, and a frost-free or warm greenhouse climate where winters are cold.
Argyreia nervosa is a perennial climbing vine native to the Indian subcontinent and introduced to numerous areas worldwide, including Hawaii, Africa, and the Caribbean. Though it can be invasive, it is often prized for its aesthetic and medicinal value. Common names include elephant creeper, woolly morning glory and Hawaiian baby woodrose. Its seeds are known for their powerful entheogenic properties, greater or similar to those of Ipomoea species, with users reporting significant psychedelic and spiritual experiences. The two botanical varieties are Argyreia nervosa var. nervosa described here, and Argyreia nervosa var. speciosa, the roots of which are used in Ayurvedic medicine.
Argyreia nervosa contains various ergoline alkaloids such as ergine (lysergic acid amide; LSA) and isoergine (isolysergic acid amide; iso-LSA).
Where temperatures fall below 13 °C (55 °F), Argyreia nervosa is grown in a warm greenhouse. Elsewhere, it is grown on arbours, pergolas, walls, or trees. It is often grown professionally under glass in a loam-based potting compost (John Innes No. 3) in full light, and watered freely from spring to autumn, with a balanced liquid fertilizer applied monthly and reduced water in winter. It is grown outdoors in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Pruning is done in late winter.
The average dose of A. nervosa when used as an entheogen to produce psychedelic effects is 2 to 10 seeds (0.2–1 g weight). One gram of A. nervosa seeds is estimated to contain between 1.7 to 16 mg combined ergine (LSA) and isoergine (iso-LSA).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Argyreia nervosa 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.
