Psychotria Viridis (chacrona) Leaves For Sale

Psychotria viridis leaves for sale, is a plant of the Rubiaceae family, commonly known as “chacrona” or “rainha” (Figure 16.2). It is a non-endemic native shrub of the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, characteristic of clayey and sandy soils, with abundant water (Taylor et al. 2015). It has dark green leaves, flexible, with a circular petiole in the proximal part and flat-convex in the distal part, with lateral projections. The limbus is lanceolate, narrow at the base, and acute at the apex (Quinteiro et al. 2006).

Chances are good that the Psychotria, like Psychotria viridis, contains N,N,dimethyltryptamine, which is not active when ingested, unless taken with monoamine-oxidase-inhibitors like the harmaline, harmine, and tetrahydroharmine in “ayahuasca”. Add scopoletin from Brunfelsia and atropine and scopolamine from Brugmansia and you have a pot-pourri of hallucinogenic (but dangerous) synergy.

As Antonio warns, there are bad “ayahuasqueros” in Iquitos who have sent some gringo initiates home “basket cases”. Other evil “ayahuasqueros” drug their initiates with Brugmansia or Datura and take their money while they are under the influence.

We’re not sure how to tell genuine from phoney “ayahuasqueros”. Antonio takes up to four small calabash cups (while none of his associates/patients take more than three) of this witches brew, usually starting late at night.

First one becomes nauseated, then inebriated, in an hour or so, and all passes within a few hours. During the “highs”, Antonio sees beautiful and colorful visions, of long lost or deceased friends, of friends who have moved to large cities in the US, strange animals and spirits of the trees, etc. Most impresive of all his visions, and a real show stopper for ACEER classes, are Antonio’s sweeping gestures, as he discusses the thousand-color rainbow that wraps around the “ayahuasquero” like a cosmic whirlpool. As he described it so vividly, Duke lost track of his translation duties, caught up in the vortex.