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Official name :
Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Br.
Family :
Aizoaceae
2 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HM 75
Author(s) :
Mitchell, P. and A. Hudson
Title :
Psychoactive plants and southern African hunter-gatherers: a review of the evidence
Southern African Humanities Vol. 16 Pages 39–57, Pietermaritzburg December, 2004
Symptoms :
H(095), H(210)
Recipes :
H(210) Sceletium tortuosum psychoactive and hallucinogenic drug used by southern African hunter-gatherers, chewed, inhaled (as snuff), smoked (sometimes along with Cannabis sativa)
H(095) also brewed into beer (khadi)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HS 51
Author(s) :
Sobiecki, J.F.
Title :
A review of plants used in divination in southern Africa and their psychoactive effects
Southern African Humanities, Vol. 20 , Pages 333–351, December, 2008 Pietermaritzburg
Symptoms :
H(167z)
Recipes :
H(167z) psychoactive effects Aerial parts of Sceletium tortuosum are chewed, with numerous psychoactive uses on record for this plant, notably as a mood enhancer and anxiolytic (Khoi) Its role in San trance induction has been convincingly demonstrated in a recent paper by Mitchell and Hudson
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
kanna (Khoi)
