Quararibea
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| Quararibea | |
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| fruit of Quararibea cordata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bombacoideae |
| Genus: | Quararibea Aubl. |
| Species | |
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Quararibea asterolepis |
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Quararibea is a genus of aromatic plants in the family Malvaceae. Quararibea "ishpingo" (species unknown) is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca. Quararibea turbinata goes by the common name "Swizzlestick tree." [1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ober, Frederick Albion. (1920) A guide to the West Indies, Bermuda and Panama. Page 9. Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company.
- ^ [1] Spirit of Bermuda cookbook
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