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 bc30629
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 Mimosa Pudica Experience? 
#11668646 - 12/17/09 01:46 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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If anyone knows these trees you know they are cool little plants. Just a little touch to the leave and they fold up and hide. Its pretty funny if you've never seen it before. Anyways....
Just wondering if anyone plays with these interesting little trees. I know they are mimosa cousins and wiki sources said it may have a low percentage but has anyone actually had first hand experience using the root bark of this species?
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Cactusdan
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Re: Mimosa Pudica Experience? [Re: bc30629]
#11668679 - 12/17/09 01:51 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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As Mimosa pudica is usually grown as an indoor annual, I dont imagine it would have enough time to build up a sufficient amount of alkaloids.
Unlike Mimosa hostilis, which is a bit more tree like, M. pudica is far lower to the ground and can be used as ground cover.
This also makes me think that the roots would be small and thin and lack any sufficient amount of alkaloids.
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theMallacht
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Re: Mimosa Pudica Experience? [Re: bc30629]
#11668758 - 12/17/09 02:07 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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This is from Christian Raatch's Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Herbs:
Mimosa pudica L. - Sensitive Mimosa
It is possible that the well-known sensitive mimosa, whose leaves immediately fold together when touched, has a certain importance as a psychoactive substance. In Amazonia, where the plant is known as chami, it is made into a tea for treating sleep disorders (Duke and Vasquez 1994). In Belize (Arvigo and Balick 1994) and on the Caribbean island of La Reunion, the stalks, leaves, and roots are used as a sedative and sleeping agents. In Brazil, the plant is called jurema while the variety acerba Benth is known as jurema branca (cf. Mimosa tenuiflora, Pithecellobium spp.) Both forms are used as ingredients in the initiatory drink of the Afro-American Candomble cult.
The plant is known as punyo-sisa in Quechuan. Its leaves are placed in the pillows of old people and children so they will sleep better. (Schultes 1983). In the Amazon region, women soak the leaves in the juice pressed from the roots and smear the resulting juice between their breasts and on the soles of their feet. They claim that this gives them "increased sexual power" (Gottlieb 1974)
In the Philippines, Mimosa pudica is regarded as an aphrodisiac for frigid women. They pick and boil the leaves. The leaves fold together when picked and open up again when boiled, The opened leaf is a symbol for the vagina when it is open for sexual activity.
In India, the leaves are chewed and the resulting mush is spread unto the fresh wounds to stop bleeding (Bhandary et al.)
The plant contains norepinephrine (Schultes and Raffauf 1990). The narcotic effects are thought to be due to the alkaloid mimosine (Wong 1976). The aerial parts of the plant contain two C-glycosylflavones: 2"-O-rhamnosylorientine and 2"-O-rhamnosylisoorentine (Englert et al. 1994) The root contains tannin (Wont 1976)
Holy shit... I had to type that by hand because I couldn't find this information quoted on the internet..... Shit, that took a little bit. Good thing I type fast as hell though.... Hope this helps...
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theMallacht
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Re: Mimosa Pudica Experience? [Re: Cactusdan]
#11668778 - 12/17/09 02:11 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cactusdan said:
As Mimosa pudica is usually grown as an indoor annual, I dont imagine it would have enough time to build up a sufficient amount of alkaloids.
Unlike Mimosa hostilis, which is a bit more tree like, M. pudica is far lower to the ground and can be used as ground cover.
This also makes me think that the roots would be small and thin and lack any sufficient amount of alkaloids.
Actually... this information I just posted shows that one of your favorite Botanists, Mr Schultes has isolated alkaloids from Mimosa pudica, just not DMT. I've been growing Mimosa pudica in my indoor room for years and let me tell ya, it doesn't just stay "ground-cover" ... If you even do a google image search for it you'll find pictures of some pretty large bushes of it.... Mine was about 3 feet high or so until I hacked a bunch of it down.
Edited by themallacht (12/17/09 02:13 PM)
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Cactusdan
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Re: Mimosa Pudica Experience? [Re: theMallacht]
#11668794 - 12/17/09 02:14 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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It doesn't surprise me that it does have alkaloids in it in the slightest.
Whether or not it's a reliable source for DMT is another question though.
It is definitely a very interesting ethnobotanical with lots of history and uses it seems.
Thanks for typing that up Themallacht 
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