Accession Data
Banisteriopsis caapi
Common Name: Ayahuasca, Caapi, Yage
Family: Malpighiaceae
Synonym(s): Banisteria caapi Spruce ex Griseb.
Country of Origin: tropical South America
Uses: Traditional medicinal and ritual uses among the peoples of the Amazon, including as one ingredient of the drink Ayahuasca.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202300002
Accession Date: 2023-01-02 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1309
Quantity: 2
Source: Smith College, ex lost UConn accession
Provenance:
Cuttings received Oct 13 2022 from Smith College; re-acquisition of a plant originally ex UConn EEB Botanical Conservatory
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid I
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
References
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Kew Plants of the World Online, accessed Jan 2 2023
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