Ariocarpus retusus
Date: 1996 November 7
Location: San Luis Potosí
Ariocarpus retusus
Date: 1996 November 4
Location: San Luis Potosí
The following two pictures show a different form of Ariocarpus retusus, with long slender grey-greenish tubercles (more towards A. trigonus), but with the typical retusus terminal areole.
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Ariocarpus retusus
Date: 1996 November 7
Location: San Luis Potosí
Native to San Louis Potos, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The Huichol classify this species as a "false peyote" due to its undesirable effects, claiming that it is an evil plant that will drive people mad if ingested, and which can also cause permanent insanity. Because this plant is apparently so feared, and contains a very interesting alkaloid composition, it makes a strong candidate for further study as a true hallucinogen. Called "chautle" or "chaute.
Contains: Hordenine N-methyltyramine N-methyl-3,4-dimethoxyphenethylamine N-methyl-4-hydroxyphenethylamine N-methyl-4-methoxyphenethylamine Retusin (3,3,4,7-Tetramethoxy-5-hydroxyflavone)