im interested in a ceramony using the bark of the virola tree. known as epena.?
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Virola, also known as Epená, is a genus of medium-sized trees native to the South American rainforest and closely related to other Myristicaceae, such as nutmeg. It has glossy, dark leaves with clusters of tiny yellow flowers and emits a pungent odor.\n\nThe dark-red resin of the tree bark contains several hallucinogenic alkaloids, most notably 5-MeO-DMT, perhaps the most "powerful" member of the Dimethyltryptamine family; it also contains beta-carboline harmala alkaloids, MAOIs that greatly potentiate the effects of DMT. The bark resin is prepared and dried by a variety of methods, often including the addition of ash or lime, presumably as basifying agents, and a powder made from the leaves of the small Justicia bush. Ingestion is similar to that of Yopo, consisting of assisted insufflation, with the snuff being blown through a long tube into the nostrils by an assistant. According to Schultes, the use of Virola in magico-religious rituals is restricted to tribes in the Western Amazon Basin and parts of the Orinoco Basin.
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it is not hosta, not money plant, not ficus, not rubber plant. it is Dieffenbachia. Your picture is very clear. google the name and u will see the exatly same plant. take care since it is highly irritatting and toxic when chewed - not good for u if  children or pets are around. there are microcrystals  of calcium oxalate that cut in the tongue or throat like razors and it swells and can kill. really deadly, Beautiful but only if no kids and pets are around
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Hi there,\n\nHere's a great website for you to check out:  http://www.peyronies.org/
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I'm going to go with the banana plant.  It's not actually a tree, just a giant herb.  That's the largest herb I know of off hand...\n\nHope that helps.\n\nIf you want to verify that a banana plant really is a herb, check this link...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
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I think my grandpa made it out of sorgum cane, what molasses is made out of. It grows in kinda swampy areas
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There are Ceiba trees at the ruins ... they have pods with many seeds surrounded by a dense mat of cottony fibers. Does this fit? Or it could be a legume (bean-like seed?) of some sort or a member of Bignoniaceae (flat winged seed?). If it is 9 months old it hasn't faced a full Canadian winter yet, I hope you are going to protect it!
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yes! i have the plant in my garden and people like to come and snitch the fruit off the tree. :( it sells expensively...
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Dypterix panamensis is the Almendro Tree\n\nTry checking the spelling on the other one.
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go to the link below and type in bellasol.  It is referenced in 8 patents.  Read thru them.
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I remember a girl in the news who ended up inhaling a piece of the X'nas tree and ended up getting a horrid asthma attack.  For years she lived with it until she was operated on about 10 years later.  After extracting the snall twig the leaf parts still had chlorophyll in it.
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Google "birch bark extract." I did, and I got a variety of hits, including both liquids and powders.
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News to me  that ephedra is on the market.  I'd be leary of taking it.  I typed in ephedra in Yahoo search and came up with followng sites, but nothing about it being back on the market.  Maybe it was the alkaloids that made it harmful.
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There isn't a "species", because Aloe vera is itself the species you are asking about. However, I have seen some varieties of it with hardly any spikes along the leaf edges. In part, I think this may happen when it is growing rapidly in length. I don't know specifically how to encourage this kind of leaves, but looking for an individual with this type of leaves might work for you? Also, look for a representative with FAT leaves, and they won't seem as spiky.
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I have not seen any such plant. Can you tell me where it lives? Does it go by any other common names? What kind of plant is it--tree, bush, weed, vine, etc. ? I think you can edit your question to give more imformation. It it in the U.S., Africa, etc.?
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Try a pagan shop site...sounds like dragons blood which is a resin....if I'm wrong, try a pagan shop site anyway!!!!
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Anything with Cytherea in it
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It is Hyophorbe. Last known plant is cultivated in the Curepipe Botanical Garden, Mauritius.\nSee IUCN Red List entry for full details (link)