Evening Glory

Hey there! I'm soon traveling to India. I'm therefore wondering what psychoactive plants could be found growing wild in the country. All types of psychoactive plants are interesting, but of course psychedelic ones are the most interesting. Maybe there's even some DMT sources growing wild? I know Cannabis grows wild in many areas, and Peganum harmala, and also Amanita muscaria. Both Datura stramonium and Datura metel too. Areca Nut or Betel Nut I see is popular. What other species can be found? I've heard Psilocybe cubensis grows in some areas, maybe one also can find other species of psiloc(yb)in containing mushrooms? Thanks!

I thought the Indian strain of Argyreia nervosa was devoid of psychedelic substances and only used in ayurveda? Or is it two strains growing in India? Thanks!

What was the name and location of the thread? Maybe it's still saved in Google's cache or something, I can check.

No, I don't think so. I don't remember exactly how my Silene capensis looked as a seedling, but I'm pretty sure it was different than the ones at the picture.

As far as I can see Senna spp. tend to have yellow flowers not reminiscent of Gymnocladus spp, which the unidentified tree have. I can also see that Senna spp. doesn't seem to thrive in the cold, so to speak - the species in the family is found in the tropics and the temperate regions, whereas my unidentified tree survived -25C.

Hey everyone, I have found a few individuals of a half-bush half-tree looking plant I think is in the Fabaceae. They are all about 3-4 meters wide and about 3 meters in height, with several trunks. I don't think it is native to my country, Norway, but it is obviously very frost-resistant, as they survived last winter with down to -25 C. Could anyone help me out with an ID? I am sorry for the terrible picture quality, I was unaware that I had fog on the lens of my iPhone... Can take more pictures later if needed.

Compare the fruits of Gymnocladus dioicus: They're not like the ones on my unidentified tree, take a look at the first two posts. Thanks for the suggestion though!

This season I was able to find a young branch with some flowers (the rest of the flowers have fallen off), but I have no camera at the time. The flowers show that the plant is indeed in the Fabaceae. They are yellow in color and very similar to Laburnum anagyroides, although not red inside as I see pictures on the web show, they're instead green inside. The flowers are also not hanging down in strips, but sits on 1-3 cm long stems in divided clusters of 2 to 6 flowers, at the end of tiny (1-5 cm) branches. Any idea what plant it could be? I'm now thinking a Laburnum species myself, perhaps one of the many hybrids in cultivation. Or?

Hey there! Is it possible to make cuttings of Peganum harmala, Syrian rue? Because the plant enjoys very little water, I was thinking that simply placing a cutting in a glass of water - as I would with other plants - wouldn't work very well. But maybe I'm wrong? Or some other way works? My thinking is also that using the same procedure as with cacti - leaving it in the air to dry and enable air roots - will probably not work too, because P. harmala isn't a true succulent and thus would dry out. Could someone help me out here? Thanks in advance!

Very interesting information. I'm using mugwort in my changa mixture to great luck, perhaps these substances have something to do with it, in combination with thujone and others. I can't make much sense of the numbers presented here though, except that the MAO inhibition seems to be weak. But harmalas smoked have an extreme potency compared to oral, so maybe the same is the case here.

B&T World Seeds doesn't have a source for Limonia acidissima seeds, which often means that they are not in stock anywhere at all.

Bitches gonna bitch, uh? It is correct that the roots of P. incarnata are more or less inactive, at least when it comes to the anxiolytic aspect of the effects. The flowers of P. incarnata, however, are not inactive, they're just not as active as the leaves. The very source for the claim in the book you cite states that the flowers are about half the potency of the leaves. It is always a good idea to check your sources before you go on with the bitching, my friend.

Only if you use ridiculously large amounts. The amount of harmala alkaloids in P. incarnata is about 1/80 compared to in Peganum harmala. 3-5 grams of seeds of the latter is needed to activate DMT properly, which means that around 240 to 400 grams of dried P. incarnata is needed to achieve the same. I don't understand why you have to say things that isn't factual, do you just enjoy talking out of your ass? Mimosa hostilis syn. tenuiflora brew is, by the way, active on it's own in the proper dosages.

Yeah, St Johns Wort doesnt contain harmala alkaloids, and it's MAOI properties is very weak. It is more or less useless to potentiate anything to any real degree, but it's a good anti-depressant.

Well 5-HTP is not serotonin but rather 5-Hydroxytryptophan, a precursor to serotonin, and also melatonin. It is therefore mildly active. Serotonin (5-HT) itself should have no effect.

Thought it appropriate to include an extensive article on many aspects of CNB-001. I've also included the structure of the compound, compared to curcumin itself, taken from the same article. A broadly neuroprotective derivate of curcumin (CNB-001).pdf

Interesting news, although it is in fact nothing but yet another attempt to make a synthetic version of an already hugely effective herb, with the intention of making them dollarz. All of the listed drawbacks of curcumin in the quoted article is in fact the same, it is nothing short of several ways of saying that the compound has poor bioavailability. What the article fails to mention is that 20 mg of piperine from common black pepper (equal to 400 mg or less of black pepper) increases the bioavailability of curcumin by 2000%. Yes, that's correct, 2000 percent! A combination drug (or a meal! Black pepper and turmeric goes in next to all my food) containing curcumin + piperine should be as effective as CNB-001, but you can't patent a plant, can you... By the way, curcumin is also a MAOI, or more precise a RIMA (MAOI selective for subtype A, just as the harmaloids from P. harmala and B. caapi). In turmeric the compound is found in up to 5% of dry weight. Try a dose of 5-15 grams turmeric (together with half a gram of black pepper) sometime, it actually has some quite interesting effects, border-line psychedelic. Attached is the paper that demonstrates piperine's ability to dramatically increase curcumin's bioavailability, complete with some nice graphs. Cheers! Planta Med 1998, 64(4), p.353.pdf

The only Passiflora known to contain the goodies and not cyanogenic glycosides is Passiflora incarnata. If using another species, you could boil the brew for a long period of time. If done proper, this will release all of the cyanid from the cyanidogenic glycosides. The boiling should take place in a very well aired environment, as the cyanide will be released in gas form from the boiling, a gas that should not under any circumstances be inhaled. If attempting this, research extensively and KNOW what you are doing, cyanide is a fatal poison that is NOT to be played with! All parts of the plants are active, but in all species the amount of harmaloids is so ridiculously low that it isn't even worth thinking about as an activator of DMT. It may work as a potentiator with other tryptamines though, but know that it is also a sedative. Personally I enjoy it in changa and in my bedtime tea mixture.

Serotonin doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier, so any serotonin present will not account for any effects in the CNS, at all. I find A. julibrissin to be a highly interesting tree, thanks a lot for the tip! Is the structure or other details about the substance(s) that binds to 5HT-1A known? Or any more information on the plant?

Hey everyone! I'm currently planning what seeds that should be sown this spring. I am constantly extending my collection of medicinal, entheogenic, edible, spice and otherwise interesting and unusual plants. This year I want to continue on a mission I started last year, which was to find more suitable plants for indoors. My windows are already packed to the edge (and a bit over), so what I am looking for now is plants that tolerate shade well. They must tolerate total or nearly total shade, as they will only get indirect sunlight from windows. Not to mention that I live in a country with very little sun during the winter, and I would of course prefer it if the plants survive this. So, any suggestions out there? I am, at least currently, only looking for plants that have some beneficial value - either as medicine, entheogen, food or spice - but also plants with an unusual apparency or otherwise interesting qualities. All suggestions and thoughts are highly appreciated! Thanks!

Cool, thanks! While we're at the subject, here's two more papers on African psychoactives. Some ethnopharamcological notes on African hallucinogens.pdf Phytochemical constituents of some Nigerian medicinal plants.pdf

The only herbal product I have found to be comparable to the euphoria and empathogenic effects of MDMA is mescaline cacti. Mescaline really have some of the same quality as MDMA. Shulgin actually resynthesized MDMA in search of a compound that could have the effect of mescaline without hallucinations. Mescaline or full-spectrum alkaloid extract from cacti is especially wonderful when combined with caapi or an other source for harmala-alkaloids. Picture the wonderful feeling when coming up on MDMA lasting for hours. Truly wonderful! All the other herbal alternatives is to my mind poor substitutes. They all lack even similarities to the true MDMA feeling.

Hmm... Seriously no one with a clue? Please?

Yeah, it has one torn each place the small branches with leaves goes out from the larger ones (what's that spot called?), you can see it in the second and fourth image in my second post. The leaves certainly look a bit like Gliricidia sepium, although they seem a bit more narrow on my pictures. It can't be that one though, as it is a tropical or sub-tropical tree, this one can withstand long and hard winters with at least -25 C. Thanks a lot for the help so far!

Thanks for the suggestion and the warning, but Laburnum doesn't have leaves even similar to the one I have taken pictures of. This one have very small leaves, larger than Mimosa, but much smaller than Laburnum.