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Accession Data:

Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) C.V.Morton

  • Common Name: Ayahuasca, Caapi, Yage
  • Family: Malpighiaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Banisteria caapi Spruce ex Griseb.

  • Country of Origin: tropical South America
  • Habitat: Liana in tropical rain forest

  • Uses: Traditional medicinal and ritual uses among the peoples of the Amazon, including as one ingredient of the drink Ayahuasca.

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202300002
  • Source: Smith College, ex lost UConn accession
  • Provenance: 
    Cuttings received Oct 13 2022 from Smith College; re-acquisition of a plant originally ex UConn EEB Botanical Conservatory
  • Accession Date: 01-02-2023
  • Bench: 1309 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-08-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malpighiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants - Native American Medicine
  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil North / Brazil West-Central / Argentina Northwest

References (external):

    Kew Plants of the World Online, accessed Jan 2 2023

    data regenerated on Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:00:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Malpighiaceae

  • Acridocarpus natalitius
  • Acridocarpus zanzibaricus W/C
  • Banisteriopsis caapi
  • Galphimia gracilis
  • Malpighia coccigera
  • Malpighia glabra
  • Microsteira sp. W/C
  • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum
  • Tristellateia australasiae
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