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Anadenanthera

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Anadenanthera

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Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two species, A. colubrina and A. peregrina. These trees are known to the western world primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs vilca/cebil and yopo/cohoba.

Species

Red Angico

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana
Observations678
Observations recorded16,711

Anadenanthera es un género de árboles del Caribe y Sudamérica de la familia Fabaceae. El género contiene dos especies, A. colubrina y a A. peregrina. Esas especies respectivamente se conocen bajo los nombres comunes de vilca/cebil (A. colubrina) y yopo/cohoba (A. peregrina). Uno de los principios alucinógenos hallados en el género Anadenanthera es la bufotenina.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
689
With media
70
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
UFERSA, UESC, URCA, IAP, UFC, CM
Recorded in
Brasil, Brazil, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of)

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mimoseae
Image
Anadenanthera peregrina.jpg
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Anadenanthera
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taxon common name
黑金檀属
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Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two species, A. colubrina and A. peregrina. These trees are known to the western world primarily as sources of the hallucinogenic snuffs vilca/cebil and yopo/cohoba.

A 2024 molecular marker study of few hundred specimens sampled across Brazil and lowland Bolivia supports a four-species hypothesis (A. colubrina (Vell.) Brenan, A. macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan, A. peregrina (L.) Speg., and A. falcata (Benth.) Speg) for the Anadenanthera genus as opposed to a two-species, four-variety hypothesis.

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