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Banisteriopsis caapi
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Banisteriopsis caapi, also known as, caapi, soul vine, yagé (yage), or ayahuasca is a South American liana of the family Malpighiaceae. It is commonly used as an ingredient of ayahuasca, a decoction with a long history of its entheogenic use and holds status as a "plant teacher" among the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest.
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Banisteriopsis caapi
- Slug
- banisteriopsis-caapi
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Genus
- Banisteriopsis
- Species
- caapi
- Wikidata QID
- Q133573
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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