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Virola theiodora
Virola theiodora is a rainforest tree in the nutmeg family (Myristicaceae), native to northern Brazil, southeastern Colombia and Venezuela. It is known mainly for its psychoactive resin, which Amazonian peoples use ceremonially, so it should be treated with caution.
Virola theiodora is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and Venezuela.
It is used as a medicine and a poison. The Yanomami people use the powdered resin as an entheogen known as nyakwána which is inhaled or "snuffed" into the nasal cavity, it contains a high concentration of 5-MeO-DMT and DMT.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Virola theiodora 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.
