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Banisteriopsis caapi

Plants

Family: Malpighiaceae · Genus: Banisteriopsis

Banisteriopsis caapi

Andreia Machado Brito-da-Costa, Diana Dias-da-Silva, Nelson G. M. Gomes, Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira, Áurea Madureira-Carvalho MDPI, Basel, Switzerland · cc_by

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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.

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