Cyjack Posted September 27, 2005 Passing by my local council's notice board, I noticed a warning about 'Toxic Weeds' and found Cestrum Parqui among the offending names. It was labeled as as a hallucinogen. Erowid has little on this plant, except to say that quote: Cestrum parqui and C. nocturnum are mid-sized bushes native to Central and South America. Various parts including the leaves, bark, berries, and flowers are used in smoking blends, as tea, or ingested as a hallucinogen. There is little specific info about the use of this plant as a psychoactive. Can anyone shed light on this plant? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted September 27, 2005 Christian raatsch is a fan of it inhaled smoke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyjack Posted September 28, 2005 Thanks Rev =- Sounds like an interesting guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoodoo Posted September 29, 2005 I have in my notes that cestrum nocturnum is known toxic to livestock. Here are a few pubmeds the latter without an abstract. J Nat Prod. 2002 Dec;65(12):1863-8. Related Articles, Links Steroidal glycosides from the leaves of Cestrum nocturnum. Mimaki Y, Watanabe K, Sakagami H, Sashida Y. Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Science, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1, Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan. [email protected] Further phytochemical analysis aimed at the steroidal glycoside constituents of the leaves of Cestrum nocturnum has resulted in the isolation of eight new steroidal glycosides (1-8), which were classified into a spirostanol saponin (1), a furostanol saponin (2), a pseudo-furostanol saponin (3), two pregnane glycosides (4, 5), two cholestane glycosides (6, 7), and pregnane-carboxylic acid gamma-lactone glycoside (8), and of two known spirostanol glycosides (9, 10). The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. PMID: 12502329 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 1: Vet Hum Toxicol. 2000 Feb;42(1):13-4. Related Articles, Links Cestrum laevigatum poisoning in goats in southeastern Brazil. Peixoto PV, Brust LC, Duarte MD, Franca TN, Duarte VC, Barros CS. Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Federal Agricultural University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, Brazil. Natural and experimental poisonings by Cestrum laevigatum are described in goats. Histologically, livers had marked centrolobular and midzonal coagulative necrosis and hemorrhage. Spontaneous toxicosis by this plant in goats has not been previously reported. 1: Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 1991 Sep;58(3):211-21. Related Articles, Links The pathology of Cestrum laevigatum (Schlechtd.) poisoning in cattle. van der Lugt JJ, Nel PW, Kitching JP. Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort. The clinical features and pathological findings of 6 steers drenched with dried plant material of Cestrum laevigatum are described. Doses ranging from 0.5 to 10 g/kg/day were given intraruminally for 1 to 38 days. Animals that received 5 to 10 g/kg/day showed nervous signs including ataxia, muscle tremors, hypersensitivity and intermittent chewing. Clinical signs in the steers which received 0,5 to 4 g/kg/day were mild. High doses induced moderate to severe hepatosis characterized by centrilobular to midzonal coagulative necrosis, haemorrhage and congestion. At lower rates only mild hepatic lesions, characterized by disappearance of hepatocytes and collapse of the reticulin stroma in the centrilobular areas were evident. Ultrastructural changes were primarily limited to the hepatocytes and comprised degeneration, necrosis and fatty change. Degeneration and necrosis of endothelial cells and disruption of sinusoidal walls were occasionally observed. PMID: 1923385 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 1: Bull Epizoot Dis Afr. 1968 Dec;16(4):501-6. Related Articles, Links Cestrum poisoning in Kenya livestock. Mugera GM, Nderito P. PMID: 5731208 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conan Troutman Posted September 29, 2005 should have seeds soon.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wandjina Posted September 29, 2005 C.nocturnum...that's 'night scented jessamine' right? If its heady perfume is anything to go by, there's something worth investigating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted September 29, 2005 thats the one C parqui looks similar its the green cestrum and a declared weed up round these parts grows along river banks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomer Corymbosa Posted September 30, 2005 i love the smell of c.nocturnum...i'm growin it but never tried it ...emmm i little affraid of it i have to say Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
