| Psychotria carthagenensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Psychotria |
| Species: | P. carthagenensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Psychotria carthagenensis | |
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 Photos: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] |
Psychotria carthagenensis, also known as amyruca, is a South American rainforest understory shrub from the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It grows from the tropics of South America to Mexico.[2]
The plant is used in the preparation of the ayahuasca decoction.[3]
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ McKenna, Dennis Jon (1984). Monoamine oxidase inhibitors in Amazonian hallucinogenic plants : ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and pharmacological investigations (Thesis). University of British Columbia.