Tetrapterys styloptera

Tetrapterys styloptera (syn. Tetrapterys methystica and Tetrapteris methystica) is a psychoactive plant native to the New World tropics, from Panama to the Amazon rainforest. Despite limited analytic information, its alkaloids are believed to be similar to ones from Banisteriopsis caapi which contains harmala alkaloids and MAOIs.[1] More recently, the vine has been exported from Peru as "grey ayahuasca".[2]

Tetrapterys styloptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Tetrapterys
Species:
T. styloptera
Binomial name
Tetrapterys styloptera
Synonyms
  • Bunchosia squarrosa Griseb.
  • Tetrapterys boliviensis Nied.
  • Tetrapterys boliviensis var. granatensis Nied.
  • Tetrapterys methystica R.E.Schult.
  • Tetrapterys reticulata Small
  • Tetrapterys squarrosa (Griseb.) Griseb.
  • Tetrapterys tenuistachys Rusby
Tetrapterys styloptera seedling

Legality

Tetrapterys methystica is cited in Louisiana State Act 159.

References
  1. "Entheology.org - Preserving Ancient Knowledge".
  2. Sonoran Song (http://sonoransong.com/greyaya.html)


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