mimosa hostilis import illegal

[ergoamide]

im lookin at importin a medium quantity of mimosa hostilis rootbark from maya ethnobotanicals greta shop. was just wondering if it was illegal to import it or is it safe

[Torsten]

It is definitely not legal. Technically you may as well import MDMA pills (yes, I said the same thing elsewhere - maybe it will sink in ).

In a practical sense though there is little chance customs will check it or know what the hell it is. Truthful labelling may increase the risks. People get away with it all the time, but the question is "are you willing to be first?".

[Rev]

get seeds instead

then one day we can all try jurema

in th emenatime youve picked 1 of the things u cant get locally

there are other quality options for your incence burner

[amanito]

The following herbs from our stock are illegal or somehow problematic to send to Australia.

Anadenanthera sp. (Yopo / Vilca)

Argyrea nervosa (Hawaiian Baby Woodrose)

Artemisia absinthium (Wormwood)

Banisteriopsis caapi (Ayahuasca)

Catha edulis (Khat / Ikhambi)

Corynanthe yohimbe (Yohimbe)

Cyperus sp. (Piri Piri)

Ephedra sinica (Ephedra)

Humulus lupulus (Hops)

Ipomoea tricolor (Morning Glory)

Lophophora williamsii (Peyote)

Maya`s Herbal Mix (Maya`s Herbal Mix)

Melia azadirachta (Neem)

Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom)

Papaver somniferum (Poppy)

Passiflora incarnata (Passionflower)

Piper methysticum (Kava Kava)

Rivea corymbosa (Ololiuhqui)

Salvia divinorum (Salvia divinorum)

Selaginella pilifera (Rose of Jericho / Ressurection plant)

Tabernanthe iboga (Iboga)

Trichocereus sp. (San Pedro / Peruvian Torch)

Australian residents, and visitors to Australia, can legally import certain

therapeutic goods for personal use under the Personal Import Scheme Exemption. It is however illegal to supply goods imported under the Personal Import Scheme Exemption to persons outside the importer's immediate family. Under the Personal Import Scheme Exemption, you may import three months supply per import and, no more than fifteen months supply per twelve-month period.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) website has further information on the importation of medicines for personal use.

http://www.health.gov.au/

All clearance requirements for all species and all plant parts can be searched here:

http://www.aqis.gov.au/

Check the list of most prohibited plants here (includes ALL plant parts):

http://www.aqis.gov.au/

Quarantine and Export Services:

http://www.affa.gov.au/

The Australian Department Of Foreign Affairs & Trade:

http://www.dfat.gov.au/

Information on the scheduling of Salvia divinorum:

http://www.shaman-australis.com/

For Example:

Psychotria viridis - dried leaves - do not require an import leaves are permitted entry the subject to the conditions list below (see 1 & 2).

Griffonia simplicifolia - 98% 5-HTP - 5-hydroxytryptophan, does not

appear in the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.

Tagetes lucida - herb - this species has not been assessed as yet.

Peganum harmala - seed - does not require an import permit and is permitted.

Lavandula angustofolia dried flowers - do not require an import permit and only require treatment if on inspection contamination with materials of a quarantine concern are found.

The following import conditions apply to any dried herbs imported into Australia:

1. All the plant material must be thoroughly dried and not capable of propagation (excluding seeds on Schedule 5 of the Quarantine Proclamation 1998).

2. All material must be labelled with the full botanical name of the plant species, and be readily identifiable. If a consignment contains unidentified materials then the only options available to the importer are, appropriate treatment, re-export or destruction. Treatments will apply if the commodities are found to be contaminated with material of a quarantine concerns such as live insects, viable seeds (other than seeds on Schedule 5 of the Quarantine Proclamation 1998), diseased plant materials, soil and other debris or plant materials as listed in Schedule 6 of the Quarantine Proclamation 1998

In some instances products will require mandatory treatment on arrival and many may only be imported when an import permit has been granted.

You will also need to contact the following Australian government departments to make sure that they do not place restrictions on the importation our products:

Australian Quarantine and Inspection service -

http://www.affa.gov.au/

Environment Australia -

http://www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au/

[amanito]

you guys are f*cked

[Torsten]

one glaring mistake.... Psychotria viridis leaves are NOT a legal import as they contain a customs scheduled substance.

[Rev]

LOL

yeah thats why us aussies at SAB and EA are so into our plants

cos we have no choice but to find it all, know it all and grow it all here <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_sad.png

wouldnt it be so nice to just get some takeaways for a change...

on the plus side

we are seriosly exploring our native flora

[ 12. May 2005, 19:49: Message edited by: Rev ]

[ergoamide]

is there anywhere in Australia to obtain mimosa hostilis in any way be it plant, root bark or seeds

[Torsten]

we should have seeds in a few days. just germination testing them.

[ergoamide]

thanks t would they grow fine where i live in toowoomba. we get frosts during winter and its pretty cold and have really hot summers should i shelter them through winter from frost

[Torsten]

I don't know if they can survive frosts, sorry.

[_e_]

sweet as, hopefully ill be able to source some off ya t

my two plants died last winter, but i figure now i have the resources i might as well grow em and bring em in in the middle of winter.

peace

***E***

[_e_]

lmao, yep thats what got mine :mad:

[friendly]

Try germinating Mimosa scabrella seeds. They are frost hardy--I've grown them outdoors in Western Oregon--and produce rapidly growing plants with supposedly useful bark and root bark--more on that shortly as bioassays are being done by a colleague I provided with bark and root bark materials.

I have heard reports of the bark being successfully utilized in Brazil, but no one to my knowledge has yet bioassayed the root bark.

Is M. verrucosa on your prohibited list?

[planthelper]

i had mimosa hostilis seed confiscated by the authoretys...

[ergoamide]

is there anything the authorites wont take from us

[apothecary]

Yes. They will not take anything from us which benefits them.

Tobacco tax, alcohol tax, etc.

[ergoamide]

of course the irony of it all

[apothecary]

Why is that ironic?

[ergoamide]

bad use of a word i probabaly should have sed the stupidity of it all

[planthelper]

apo, would that mean the person slept in the car, or the woman took the penis into a car?

there was a japanese movie about this,

im reich der sinne, something like in the realm of sencecs, but got no idea how that movie was called in english.

[apothecary]

It's a quote from Fight Club.

I think it actually happened in the US.

Some woman cut off her husband/lover/boyfriends penis, got in her car, drove away, threw it out the window so nobody would be able to re-attach it.

[ergoamide]

now thats a scary thought one i d rather neva think about again

[planthelper]

i know another one.

you know becoming doc's are allowed to disect dead bodys...

the top dog doc, had this habit of allways showing of all his pens in the chest pocket, and never hesitated to use them to point at something or to nibble on them.

you guess what the students did...

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[ 17. May 2005, 14:11: Message edited by: planthelper ]

[Entheo]

amanito:

The following herbs from our stock are illegal or somehow problematic to send to Australia.

Argyrea nervosa (Hawaiian Baby Woodrose)

which of course is quite amusing, as its a native plant of Australia (across up to India), but it isn't native to Hawaii.