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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Piptadenia peregrina

Common Name
Cohoba Tree; Yoke

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Hallucinogen Brazil(Waika) *
Intoxicant South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Intoxicant Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Narcotic Elsewhere *
Narcotic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Poison Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Psychedelic Amerindian *
Snuff Elsewhere *
Snuff Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Snuff Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Snuff South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Snuff Brazil(Waika) *