Taxon: Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) C. V. Morton

Common names:

• soulvine   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• caapi   (Source: F Neotrop 30:112.) – Portuguese
  
• yagé   (Source: F Neotrop 30:112.) – Portuguese
  
• ayahuasca   (Source: Names Soukup ) – Spanish
  
• yagé   (Source: F Neotrop 30:112.) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Social: hallucinogen   (for use in the preparation of beverage fide Names Soukup)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

References:

• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Gates, B. 1982. Banisteriopsis, Diplopterys (Malpighiaceae). In: Organization for Flora Neotropica, ed., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 30:112.
• Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup) 38.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Banisteriopsis caapi.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Banisteria caapi Spruce ex Griseb. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Banisteria quitensis Nied.
  
• (=) Banisteriopsis inebrians C. V. Morton
  
• (=) Banisteriopsis quitensis (Nied.) C. V. Morton
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) C. V. Morton:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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