C12H16N2 Posted October 14, 2005 Hey ppl. I found this information, does anyone know anything about this Australian Shrub? ****************************************************************** AUSTRALIAN IBOGAINE SHRUB Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Ervatamia Species: orientalis A shrub that grows from 2 to 6 meters tall with smooth leaves occuring opposite to each other on the stem. The leaves are 10 to 22 cm long and from 4 to 7 cm wide. The flowers are white with twisted petals and it flowers from October to May. The fruits occur in pairs, are smooth, curved 3 sided banana like with an orange colour, with fruiting from February to August. Its habitat is in coastal monsoon vine thickets, at the edge of tropical rainforests, or on stabilised dunes in monsoon regions. It is found across the top end from northern W.A. through to Cape York in Queensland. It is also found in various parts of South East Asia. Effects: Ibogaine is a hallucinogen. It is also used to treat heroin and morphine addiction as it eliminates withdrawal symptons and in most users it also eliminates further craving for heroin or morphine (High Times, March 1992). History: E. orientalis was originally described as Tabernanthe orientalis, even after its reclassification it is still closely related to T. iboga, a shrub native to Africa. There is no history of usage by the Australian Aborigine but the related T. iboga plant in Africa is used as a hallucinogen and is used to meet the plant god Bwiti and to communicate with their ancestors. T. iboga also has stimulant properties and is used to keep hunters awake. Active Constituents: The leaves contain ibogaine and the related alkaloids iboxygaine, voacristine, vobasine, dregamine, ervatamine and 19-dehydroervatamine. Knox, J.R. and Slobbe, J., 1975. Indole Alkaloides from Ervatamia orientalis I-III. Aust. J. Chem., 28, 1813-1856. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted October 14, 2005 also (more correctly) know as Tabernaemontana orientalis. There are many threads on this one, including 2 active ones. Maybe you didn't see them cos they are in the NATIVE section (which is where this thread belongs). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C12H16N2 Posted October 14, 2005 ahh, ok.. ill have a look there... cheers! ;) Sry!! You can move this thread to 'Native' if you want.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites