PSYCHOTRIA VIRIDIS

FAMILY: RUBIACEAE
CHACRUNA: Very tender tropical shrub grown in part shade with well-drained acid soil and high humidity. Greenhouse culture is required in most of the US but it is very easily grown in the tropics and subtropics. Under the proper conditions, it grows rapidly and is easily propagated by leaf cuttings. It is very difficult to grow from seed as only the freshest seeds will germinate.

The leaves are very high in tryptamines and are one of the two main ingredients (along with Banisteriopsis caapi stems) in Amazon Ayahuasca potions.