Cavanillesia
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Cavanillesia is a genus of flowering plant
in the Malvaceae
family.
It contains the following species (list may not be complete):
Cavanillesia hylogeiton and Cavanillesia umbellata are used as an additive to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca
.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
family.
It contains the following species (list may not be complete):
- Cavanillesia hylogeiton
- Cavanillesia platanifoliaCavanillesia platanifoliaCuipo TreeCavanillesia PlatanifoliaDescription:Cuipo is a very distinctive tree that is easy to spot and is located primarily in the Central American tropical rainforest's in mountainous areas. Its height ranges from 45 to 60 meters. It has leaves only at the topand is bare 11 months out of the...
, Cuipo - Cavanillesia umbellata
Cavanillesia hylogeiton and Cavanillesia umbellata are used as an additive to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca is any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from the Banisteriopsis spp. vine, usually mixed with the leaves of dimethyltryptamine-containing species of shrubs from the Psychotria genus...
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