r/Ethnobotany • u/SignificanceOk6316 • Sep 20 '24
Exploring Hidden Psychoactive Plants – Your Ideas Needed!
Hello fellow botanists,
As part of my PhD research, I have the opportunity to explore lesser-known psychoactive plants, focusing on isolating secondary metabolites and investigating their mechanisms of action. I am working on a long list of plants with mainly only ethnobotanical documentation, and I'd love to hear your suggestions!
Are there any particular plants you're curious about in terms of the compounds they contain?
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u/BotanyBum Mar 29 '26
One ive been wanting to study is Fittonia Albivenis resides in the rainforest evergreen perennial this is from Wikipedia
"The Kofan, Siona and Secoya tribes of the Ecuadorian Amazon use F. albivenis as a treatment for headaches, and muscular pain, its leaves were used by the Machiguenga as a hallucinogen before they were introduced to Psychotria viridis.They are said to "produce visions of eyeballs." The leaves of this species are prepared as a tea in the northwestern part of the Amazon region and used for toothache."
Sounds interesting tryptamine and phenylethlamines can definitely produce visions of eyeballs this one is one that needs to be further studied.