Tree ID
C4982075
This tree is commonly known as
Brugmansia
The tree's age is considered
millenarium
Borracheros (or Brugmansia) are rich in tropane alkaloids and highly psychoactive.
Some varieties are referred by some South American indigenous people's as “the Tree of the Evil Eagle” and they have been cultivated and used by indigenous cultures from Colombia south to Chile for centuries, and even milenia. No place use to harbore more varieties than the valley of Sibundoy (Tabanok).
They have been used by local medicine healers (shamans) of the Inga and Kämentsa people for a variety of uses: the leaves and flowers can be heated in water to create infusions used to relieve tumors, swollen joints, and persistent chills and fevers. Importantly it was (still is) prepared as an hallucinogen with deeply transformative effects, it is said that a dose could put a person to sleep for four days.
Some varieties are referred by some South American indigenous people's as “the Tree of the Evil Eagle” and they have been cultivated and used by indigenous cultures from Colombia south to Chile for centuries, and even milenia. No place use to harbore more varieties than the valley of Sibundoy (Tabanok).
They have been used by local medicine healers (shamans) of the Inga and Kämentsa people for a variety of uses: the leaves and flowers can be heated in water to create infusions used to relieve tumors, swollen joints, and persistent chills and fevers. Importantly it was (still is) prepared as an hallucinogen with deeply transformative effects, it is said that a dose could put a person to sleep for four days.
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Buath Gurru Grass Flowering Season