Anadenanthera
Aka Anadenanthera Columbruna
Location: Northwest Argentina
The Anadenanthera plants are in the Leguminosae (Pea) family. It is a tree that can grow north of 50 feet tall with a dark bark, almost black in color. There are usually conical thorns on the bark. There are fine, thin, locular leaves which brandish yellowish flowers surrounding fruit pods containing flat-like seeds.
Traditionally Anadenanthera has been smoked, used in beer or other drinks, or turned into a snuff powder. It was very common to find in shamanism. The seeds of Cebil and Villca both contain bufotenine, which is a Schedule I drug in the United States and Australia, as well as a Class A drug in the U.K..
There is another species of Anadenanthera, Anadenanthera peregrina (L.) which grows in the tropical regions of South America and the West Indies. This species is regularly used for the DMT content in the seeds. This species of the plant is also routinely and nerotically cultivated by the Orinoco region forest people in order to ensure they maintain adequate snuff supplies. It has a long history of being intertwined with the shamanism in that area, dating back as early as the 1400s.
