Indian Psychotria with Harmaline and DMT

[endlessness]

Came across a publication on this interesting plant:

Spectroscopic Identification of Isolated Bioactive Compounds from Methanolic Extract of Psychotria dalzellii leaves

Introduction Plants have been integral to human well-being, serving as both food and medicine since ancient times1. Approximately 6.4 billion people in developing countries heavily rely on traditional plant-based medicines for their primary healthcare2(WHO, 2002). The transmission of herbal...

www.orientjchem.org

Found it surprising there was both harmaline as well as DMT in the same plant. Seems it´s an endangered species so for the Indian friends let´s not start harvesting these wild plants, but maybe finding seeds/cuttings and growing them seems like an interesting idea

I have not yet looked into the pharmacology of the other compounds found in the plant, besides the small description in the paper itself... And also it does not quantify the compounds.. but interesting nonetheless

 

[bezevo]

this is very interesting

seeds would be nice for some of our horticulte exploers .....

 

[northape]

It would be nice to organize a sustainable grow operation in India if this plant is indeed viable. Maybe that is the real forgotten component of ancient Soma?
I am not very familiar with the situation in India, but farming is as old as it gets there. I hope this plant finds its rightful place and maybe I can try it someday