chacrona

A plant (Psychotria viridis) whose leaves, together with the vine mariri, are used in the preparation of the entheogenic tea called Hoasca by traditional indigenous of the Amazon in shamanic rituals and as a sacrament by some religious denominations.

Bot. Tree that belongs to the Gentianales order, Rubiaceae family, Psychotria genus, Psychotria viridis species. Native to the Amazon region, the chacrona has in the leaves is the psychoactive alkaloid N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

Another popular name: Queen.

chacrona

noun.
UK: ʃɑ krɒnə | US: ʃɑkrɑnə
1. Bot. Tree that belongs to the Gentianales order, Rubiaceae family, Psychotria genus, Psychotria viridis species. Native to the Amazon region, the chacrona is 4m to 7m tall, of a napiform root, has a woody, cylindrical stem, and a diameter of 10 to 20 centimetres or more. It has full leaves, opposite in arrangement to each other, generally oblong, luminous, with small greenish flowers, in clusters sparsely arranged along the axis. In the leaves is the psychoactive alkaloid N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Other popular names: Queen.
2. A plant whose leaves, together with the vine mariri (Banisteriopsis caapi), are used in the preparation of the entheogenic tea called Hoasca (also known as Ayahuasca, Vegetal or Daime) by traditional indigenous and mestizo peoples of the Amazon in shamanic rituals and as a sacrament by some religious denominations, such as the União do Vegetal, Santo Daime, Barquinha and Alto Santo.

Hoasca is an entheogenic tea of South American origin prepared with the mariri vine and the leaves of the chacrona tree that provides an expanded state of consciousness.