Turbina of the Morning Glory Family
Aka Turbina corymbosa
Location: Tropical, Warm Areas of Central and South America, Mexico, and Abundant in Cuba
Turbina is an obnoxious-growing, tenacious vine that sprouts heart-shaped leaves that can reach over 3 inches in length and bell-shaped corolla flowers that are white or light green in hue. The fruit is ellipsoidal and has a hard brown seed inside about an eight an inch in diameter. They have a long history of use and are considered one of the most major hallucinogens, sacred to multiple Indian tribes of Mexico.
Turbina seeds contain lysergic acid amide, which is an analog to LSD. There are older ethnobotanical studies and research which have used the name Rivea corymbosa for this plant.
