Common name: Kanna, Kougoed
Family: Aizoaceae
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Country of Origin: South Africa - Bloutoring, Little Karoo
Description: S. Brack 979
old leaves dry to a skeletal network of veins. Leaves are fermented, dried and chewed by indigenous people; alkaloids (mesembrines) have mild stimulant and halucinogenic effects.
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Source: Matt Opel
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Aizoaceae
- SubFamily: Mesembryanthemoideae
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References:
Personal communication with Matt Opel, source of this accession
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