Psychotria viridis

Psychotria viridis is a shrub from the coffee family. This plant has many local names, including Chacruna and Chacrona. It is a close relative of the Ecuadorian Psychotria carthagensis, known as samiruka (amiruca), and some dispute remains as to whether or not the two are actually separate species.
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. The Brazilian church, Santo Daime, holds that Banisteriopsis caapi, t provides "force" to the sacrament, whereas Psychotria viridis, or chacruna, provides "light".
In parts of Ecuador, "Chacruna" is used to refer to Chaliponga, Diplopterys cabrerana, rather than P. viridis.
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