Nicked this from shaman australis
AUSTRALIAN IBOGAINE SHRUB
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Ervatamia
Species: orientalis
A shrub that grows from 2 to 6 meters tall with smooth leaves occuring
opposite to each other on the stem. The leaves are 10 to 22 cm long and
from 4 to 7 cm wide. The flowers are white with twisted petals and it
flowers from October to May. The fruits occur in pairs, are smooth, curved
3 sided banana like with an orange colour, with fruiting from February to
August. Its habitat is in coastal monsoon vine thickets, at the edge of
tropical rainforests, or on stabilised dunes in monsoon regions. It is
found across the top end from northern W.A. through to Cape York in
Queensland. It is also found in various parts of South East Asia.
Effects: Ibogaine is a hallucinogen. It is also used to treat heroin
and morphine addiction as it eliminates withdrawal symptons and in most
users it also eliminates further craving for heroin or morphine (High
Times, March 1992).
History: E. orientalis was originally described as Tabernanthe orientalis,
even after its reclassification it is still closely related to T. iboga,
a shrub native to Africa. There is no history of usage by the Australian
Aborigine but the related T. iboga plant in Africa is used as a
hallucinogen and is used to meet the plant god Bwiti and to communicate
with their ancestors. T. iboga also has stimulant properties and is used
to keep hunters awake.
Active Constituents: The leaves contain ibogaine and the related alkaloids
iboxygaine, voacristine, vobasine, dregamine, ervatamine and
19-dehydroervatamine.
Knox, J.R. and Slobbe, J., 1975. Indole Alkaloides from Ervatamia
orientalis I-III. Aust. J. Chem., 28, 1813-1856.
Well then...I wonder...
How legal seeds would be? Could be an opportunity!!
Lj
from the sounds of this plant you wold have to do a lot to prepare for standard ibogaine use's from what i read it had a lot of other alkaloids that arnt desirable
anyways have fun be careful
check this out
http://ethnobotany-australia.net/commun ... 5a5884dfaf (http://ethnobotany-australia.net/community/viewtopic.php?p=28483&sid=a816e1ee0492ef1e3a5beb5a5884dfaf)