Jurema (Mimosa hostilis)
Jurema Vine Information
Mimosa hostilis is the botanical name of the plant more commonly known as jurema. Sometimes it's referred to by its older botanical name Mimosa tenuiflora. Mimosa hostilis is part of the Fabaceae family of plants. The family is made up of over 18,000 species and 650 genera. The Mimosa genus itself is made up of about 400 species.
The bark from the plant is used in a preparation for the treatment of burns, inflammations, wounds, and other skin problems. In addition to aiding in cell regeneration and acting as an anti-bacterial, it has also been show to reduce pain from burns to the skin for 2-3 hours. (reference 1)
Beside being useful for medical purposes, Mimosa hostilis bark contains DMT (dimethyltryptamine) that is utilized for shamanic purposes. It has been used for hundreds of years in a psychoactive drink consumed by people in South America where the plant grows wild. More recently, it has been included in psychoactive drinks known as ayahuasca analogs.
Scientific Classification Of Mimosa hostilis
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Genus: Mimosa
Species: Mimosa hostilis
Mimosa hostilis originated in Central/South America. Today it can be found growing wild in parts of Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.
The plant produces branches with leaves that can grow up to 2 inches long. The aromatic white flowers are formed in cylindrical spikes and the fruits are a little over 1 inch long. Mimosa hostilis can grow to a height of about 14 feet tall.
Chemistry Of Mimosa hostilis
Studies have shown that the main psychoactive constituents of Mimosa hostilis are DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and beta-carbolines. In contrast to most plants used in the production of ayahuasca, Mimosa hostilis contains both DMT and beta-carbolines.
Most ayahuasca is produced by mixing plants that contain DMT with a plant that contains beta-carbolines (in the form of harmala alkaloids that act as MAOI's). Because Mimosa hostilis contains both DMT and MAOI's, it can be brewed into an ayahuasca-like drink by itself.
Although the drink would not be as powerful as ayahuasca, it would have effects that were similar. This may account for the use of a non-ayahuasca drink that contained Mimosa hostilis only. It has been used for hundreds of years by South American natives.
How To Use Mimosa hostilis
The most common way to use Mimosa hostilis is in the preparation of an ayahuasca analog. Information about ayahuasca including directions for the preparation of ayahuasca analogs can be found
here Ayahuasca analogs are preparations of ayahuasca-like substances that are produced with plant materials other than those that have been used in the traditional preparation of ayahuasca.
Most often, traditional ayahuasca is made by mixing a plant that contains harmala alkaloids like Banisteriopsis caapi (ayahuasca vine) with a plant that contains DMT like Psychotria viridis (chacruna), or Diplopterys cabrerana (chaliponga)
Ayahuasca made by mixing Banisteriopsis caapi with Mimosa hostilis bark would be called an ayahuasca analog. Another common analog is made by mixing Peganum harmala (syrian rue) seeds with Mimosa hostilis bark.
References
reference 1 - the encyclopedia of psychoactive plants
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