Common name | Binomial nomenclature for species or genus | Psychoactive constituent(s) | Regions/Cultures of use |
Acacia | Acacia spp. | DMT and other tryptamine and harmane derivatives | Australia, other temperate climate locations |
African dream root | Silene capensis | Possibly triterpenoid saponins | Xhosa people of South Africa. |
Ayahuasca | Banisteriopsis caapi' 'Psychotria Viridis | Harmala alkaloids, 5-MeO-DMT and DMT | South America; people of the Amazon Rainforest. UDV of Brazil and United States. Both plants are used in order to create ayahuasca. |
Blue lily | Nymphaea caerulea | Nuciferine and aporphine | Possibly ancient Egypt and South America. |
Bolivian torch cactus | Echinopsis lageniformis syn. Trichocereus bridgesii | Mescaline | South America |
Cannabis | Cannabis spp. | THC and other cannabinoids | Sadhus of India. See also: religious and spiritual use of cannabis. |
Chaliponga | Diplopterys cabrerana | DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru as part of ayahuasca. |
Harmal | Peganum harmala | Harmala alkaloids | Turkey and the Middle East. |
Hawaiian baby woodrose | Argyreia nervosa | Ergoline alkaloids | Psychoactive, but may not have been used as an entheogen. Native to India. Traditional usage possible but mainly undocumented. |
Henbane | Hyoscyamus niger | Tropane alkaloids | Ancient Greece. |
Peruvian torch cactus | Echinopsis peruviana syn. Trichocereus peruvianus | Mescaline | Pre-Incan Chavín rituals in Peru. |
Iboga | Tabernanthe iboga | Ibogaine | Bwiti religion of West Central Africa. Used by Western nations to treat opioid addiction. |
Morning glory | Ipomoea tricolor | Ergoline alkaloids | Aztecs |
Morning glory | Ipomoea violacea | Ergoline alkaloids | Mazatec[1] |
Jimson weed | Datura stramonium | Tropane alkaloids | Native Americans: Algonquian and Luiseño. Sadhus of India. Táltos of the Magyar (Hungary). |
Mapacho | Nicotiana rustica | Nicotine and harmala alkaloids | South America |
Jurema | Mimosa tenuiflora syn. M. hostilis | DMT and harmala alkaloids-Jonathan Ott claims to have taken bark alone and is active | Northeastern Brazil |
Parica | Piptadenia peregrina | DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin | South America |
Peyote | Lophophora williamsii | Mescaline | Oshara Tradition |
Chacruna | Psychotria viridis | DMT | UDV of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and the Brazilian church. Santo Daime have used it as part of ayahuasca. |
Ska María Pastora | Salvia divinorum | Salvinorin A | Mazatec |
San Pedro cactus | Echinopsis pachanoi syn. Trichocereus pachanoi | Mescaline | South America |
Christmas vine | Turbina corymbosa syn. Rivea corymbosa | Ergoline alkaloids | Mazatec[1] |
Virola | Virola spp. | DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin | South America |
Vilca | Anadenanthera colubrina | DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin | South America |
Yopo | Anadenanthera peregrina | DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin | South America |