A species of Banisteriopsis said to contain DMT in the stem. I can't find the source right now but I have read it is used as an admixture when finding the cause or source of the illness.
This is a wide ranging species. Its found from Central America to Bolivia. The environments in which I have found it are extremely dry. These particular specimens where growing on the edge of a road where they had been buried by grating from the road. The soil was incredibly dry.
The species is identifiable in having redish brown veins on the top of the leave and a very silvery underside caused by small hairs.
http://manuplants.org/contact_sheet.php (http://manuplants.org/contact_sheet.php)
I have only found small specimens. I'm not sure how large it grows. I personally haven't found a specimen larger than the girth of my thumb. It seems very hardy though. It tolerates dry conditions and does better as a houseplant than caapi (for me).
more information.
http://labs.plantbio.cornell.edu/cubl/emanv4p19.html (http://labs.plantbio.cornell.edu/cubl/emanv4p19.html)
Well done!
very exciting find - to my eyes anyway!
so how are they propagated?
Im after a local relative where i live
Banisteria timorensis now know as Rhyssopterys timorensis
http://www.google.com/search?q=rhyssopt ... 1I7GPEA_en (http://www.google.com/search?q=rhyssopteris+timorensis&rls=com.microsoft:en-au:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GPEA_en)
im not aware of it being studied yet.
Theres another Genus of interest
Cabi paraensis
aka
Callaeum antifebrile
and theres Callaeum species all the way to texas
http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/ ... /Cal1.html (http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/ChrClade/Callaeum/Cal1.html)
callaeum is new to me. Thanks.
I've found stem cuttings root well if given an airy medium. I hang mine in a burlap bag with crushed leaf letter and water it daily. Seems to root easily this way. Its well adapted to dryer regions. I find it on roadsides in seasonal dry forests.
Irie Floyd,
Got your Pm....
Thanks man, look forward to working with this plant.
Respect
Z