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Ferraria bulb roots as a entheogen?


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http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:p-TR8..._2004_Trout.pdf

http://www.bulbsociety.com/GALLERY_OF_THE_...rarialist.shtml

Ferraria glutinosa (Bak.) Rendle [iRIDACEAE] roots aresaid to have been used by

the !Kung of the Kalahari tohelp enter an altered state of consciousness in

trance dances.It is believed to help activate ‘num’ (the energy whichoriginates

from the gods) when used in conjunction witha complex proces of purification,

diet & ritual. This maystill be used by some but at least one group has

apparentlylost the knowledge of preparation and dosages in recentyears when such

information failed to be passed on bytheir elders. See Richard KATZ1982. See

also DOBKINDERIOS1986 and WINKELMAN& DOBKINDERIOS1989.“gwa” is a root I do not

know an identity for. It isused by the !Kung of the Kalahari to help induce

‘kia’;an altered state of consciousness considered to be aprerequisite for

healing practices.

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Ferraria crispa Burm. subsp. crispa

Apparently is now a invasive weed in Western

Australia.

Bulb - Freesia alba x leichtlinii also known as Freesia x hybrida in Australia - Large numbers of hybrid freesias are found in dense infestations in Kings Park, they love the poor sandy soils of the coastal plain -

http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flo...evel=s&id=11445

http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flo...level=s&id=1515

http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/qui...raria++&x=6&y=7

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devance:

Large numbers of hybrid freesias are found in dense infestations in Kings Park, they love the poor sandy soils of the coastal plain  

Nice work - are they a problem in California too?

They're everywhere in our bushland; I've spent days pulling them out. Because they have a fairly weak attachment to the bulb it's hard to get it all out without too much soil disturbance. And still my mum plants them in her garden.

Ferraria is also a problem - it's fairly resistant to herbicides because of it's waxy succulent leaves. It uses flies as pollen vectors and smells like rotting meat. The bulbs are also very difficult to get out. It'd be nice if they were active although I don't know if I could get past the smell.

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I accidentally included the Freesia in the post.

Freesia don't do anything I know of and isn't common in the U.S. I would have pointed it out myself but didn't want to clutter the post up until someone mentioned it.

I can't change my posts once posted because of some sort of browser firewall problem I think.

The Ferraria is very rare in the U.S. and I won't get to try Ferraria crispa for 6 months, as the shipment time for bulbs is past and it takes more months to grow a usable amount. So I thought Australians might want to give it a sooner try once I found out it was growing like a weed there, much to my surprise.

The Ferraria are such a small number of bulbs and look about the same I thought it would be a good bet that they all would be some degree be active.

Be great if something as exotic flowered as them had beneficial/interesting roots. When it comes to obscure ethnobotanical citations though, somethings usually is going on, but it could be anything.

I was going to try a low dose tea first and work my way up to a smoke. Such is the exciting world of experimental ethnobotany, one needs a good measure of luck for things to pan out.

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creach:

Yeah, that would work, or just a syringe with a big fat needle. .

I have those - the big fat heavy duty long reusable needles that go with the glass syringes.

just as a side if you have a new garden infested with oxalis i was told by an old guy you round up it when its flowering and its most effective at sucking the poison back down to do in the bulblets

Ive seen people try and sheet mulch it but it invariably gets through. I think roundup before you start and then sheet mulching is the only option to beat it.

So are they (Ferreria) active growers in spring/summer

i wouldnt mind digging a few up as specimen plants

not much sandy soil over limetone here!

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http://www.mrc.ac.za/Tramed3/Tramed3PlantT...1314&codeID=994

Indication trance, induce

Symptom coma

System GENERAL AND UNSPECIFIED

Plant Part unspecified

Preparation unspecified

Administration Unspecified

Dose

Harvest unspecified

For Whom San

Patient Type unspecified

Location South Africa (Northern Cape)

I got this from the S.African Traditional Medicine Data Base.

Not too informative.

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