Leptactina densiflora

Leptactina densiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Leptactina
Species: L. densiflora
Binomial name
Leptactina densiflora
Hook.f.

Leptactina densiflora, also known as Leptactinia, is a stove shrub from central Africa, and can grow from 6 to 12 feet.[1] The plant is a psychedelic, containing tetrahydroharmine (also known as leptaflorin[2]) which is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.

References

  1. Wright, Walter Page (1902). Cassell's dictionary of practical gardening; an illustrated encyclopædia of practical horticulture for all classes. London: Cassell & Company, Limited.
  2. Ratsch, Christian (2005). The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications. John R. Baker (trans.). Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press. p. 718. ISBN 0-89281-978-2.


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