Description
Psychotria vidris contains the hallucinogenic—or entheogenic—indole alkaloids in level varying from 0.1 to 0.61% dried mass. It is known primarily known as a principle admixture to the ayahuasca brew used in South and Central America. Vegetalistas, healers in the Amazon regions of Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, recognize different sub-varieties of Psychotria viridis, based on the location of glands on the back of the leaves.