Biology:Galbulimima belgraveana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Galbulimima belgraveana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Himantandraceae
Genus: Galbulimima
Species:
G. belgraveana
Binomial name
Galbulimima belgraveana
(F.Muell.) Sprague

Galbulimima belgraveana is a hallucinogenic plant. Its common names include agara[1] and white magnolia.[2] It is native to northeastern Australia , Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. Papuans (who tend to use this drug the most) boil the bark and the leaves together with another plant, called Homalomena,[3] in order to make tea. This tea leads to a deep sleep, in which it is said that vivid dreams and visions occur. The plant itself grows to about 90 feet, it has no petals and its flower are a yellow-brown colour.

Several psychoactive alkaloids structurally related to himbacine, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, have been isolated from the plant, but the primary psychoactive constituent responsible for the plant's hallucinogenic effects has not yet been identified.[4] The tree is also used for its wood.[2]

References

  1. Cleversley, Keith (2002-01-01). "Galbulimima belgraveana - Agara" (in en-US). http://entheology.com/plants/galbulimima-belgreveana-agara/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Galbulimima belgraveana | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 23 January 2018 }}
  3. Entheology.org - Preserving Ancient Knowledge
  4. sciencedirect [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5518220 entry