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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Anadenanthera''
| image = Anadenanthera peregrina.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| genus = '''''Anadenanthera'''''
| genus_authority = Speg.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}

'''''Anadenanthera''''' is a genus of [[South America]]n trees in the [[Legume]] family, [[Fabaceae]]. The genus contains two to four species, including ''[[Anadenanthera colubrina|A. colubrina]]'' and ''[[Anadenanthera peregrina|A. peregrina]]''. These trees respectively are known to the western world primarily as sources of the [[Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants|hallucinogenic]] snuffs [[Vilca]]/Cebil and [[Yopo]]/Cohoba.

The main active constituents of ''Anadenanthera'' is [[bufotenine]].

== Chemical compounds ==

[[Chemical compound]]s contained in Anadenanthera include:

*[[5-MeO-DMT|5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine]], Bark<ref name="vis">[http://books.google.com/books?id=cMSFT5K3C9wC&pg=PA121&dq=acacia+alkaloids&sig=--zI-ThP1jSuZlgXlfXhKMG0MCU#PPA107,M1 Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America By Constantino Manuel Torres, David B. Repke]</ref>
*[[Serotonin]]<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*[[N-Methyl-serotonin]]<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*5-Methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, Bark<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*[[Bufotenin]], Seeds, bark<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*Bufotenine [[N-oxide]], Seeds<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*N,N-[[Dimethyltryptamine]], Seeds, pods, bark<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*N,N-Dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide, Seeds<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*N-[[Methyltryptamine]], Bark<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*2-Methyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*2-Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole<ref name="vis">.</ref>
*1,2-Dimethyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole<ref name="vis">.</ref>

==Species==
*''[[Anadenanthera colubrina]]''
**[[Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil|''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (Vell.Conc.)Brenan var. ''cebil'' (Griseb.)Altschul]]
**[[Anadenanthera colubrina var. colubrina|''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (Vell.Conc.)Brenan var. ''colubrina'']]

*''[[Anadenanthera peregrina]]''
**[[Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata|''Anadenanthera peregrina'' var. ''falcata'']]
**[[Anadenanthera peregrina var. peregrina|''Anadenanthera peregrina'' var. ''peregrina'']]

==References==
===Notes===
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===General References===
*[[Constantino Manuel Torres|Constantino Torres]] - Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of South America (2006) ISBN 0-7890-2642-2
*[[Jonathan Ott]] - Shamanic Snuffs or Entheogenic Errhines (2001) ISBN 1-888755-02-4
*[[Richard Evans Schultes]] - Plants of the Gods (1992) ISBN 0-89281-979-0
*Patricia J. Knobloch - Wari Ritual Power at Conchopata: An Interpretation of Anadenanthera Colubrina Iconography. Latin American Antiquity 11(4), 2000, pp.387-402.
*http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=78

==External links==
* [http://www.see-emc.net/ Society of Ethnobotanical Studies and Modified States of Consciousness]
* [http://www.plot55.com/usage/anadenanthera.html The Preparation of Anadenanthera Snuffs (Plot55.com)]
* [http://www.plot55.com/growing/a.colubrina.html Growing Anadenanthera colubrina (Plot55.com)]
* [http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~bharley/WWWPlantIDICON.html#Acolubrina Who Was Who in the Andean Middle Horizon Prehistory: Plant Identification]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=cMSFT5K3C9wC&pg=PA121&dq=acacia+alkaloids&sig=--zI-ThP1jSuZlgXlfXhKMG0MCU#PPA102,M1 Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America]

[[Category:Anadenanthera]]
[[Category:Mimosoideae]]
[[Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers]]

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Anadenanthera - Revision history

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