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Brosimum acutifolium

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Brosimum acutifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Brosimum
Species:
B. acutifolium
Binomial name
Brosimum acutifolium
Subspecies[2]
  • Brosimum acutifolium subsp. acutifolium
  • Brosimum acutifolium subsp. interjectum C.C.Berg
  • Brosimum acutifolium subsp. obovatum (Ducke) C.C.Berg
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Brosimopsis acutifolia (Huber) Ducke
  • Piratinera acutifolia (Huber) Pittier

synonyms of subsp. obovatum:

  • Brosimum caniceps Standl.
  • Brosimopsis obovata Ducke

Brosimum acutifolium is a species of tree in the genus Brosimum that is native to tropical South America.[4][5][6] It grows in lowland Amazon Rainforest.[1] The latex of Brosimum acutifolium contains bufotenin and is used as an entheogen and hallucinogen under the name takini by certain peoples in South America.[4][5][6][7]

Three subspecies are accepted:[2]

  • Brosimum acutifolium subsp. acutifolium – Northern Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname
  • Brosimum acutifolium subsp. interjectum C.C.Berg – northern Brazil (Brazil (Pará, eastern Amazonas, and Maranhão)
  • Brosimum acutifolium subsp. obovatum (Ducke) C.C.Berg – Bolivia, northern and west-central Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru[3]

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References

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  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2020). "Brosimum acutifolium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T179289504A179302648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T179289504A179302648.en. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Brosimum acutifolium Huber". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Brosimum acutifolium subsp. obovatum (Ducke) C.C.Berg". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  4. 1 2 Neumann J, Dhein S, Kirchhefer U, Hofmann B, Gergs U (2024). "Effects of hallucinogenic drugs on the human heart". Front Pharmacol. 15 1334218. doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1334218. PMC 10869618. PMID 38370480. S2CID 267489833.
  5. 1 2 Ujváry I (2014). "Psychoactive natural products: overview of recent developments". Ann Ist Super Sanità. 50 (1): 12–27. doi:10.4415/ANN_14_01_04. PMID 24695249.
  6. 1 2 Moretti C, Gaillard Y, Grenand P, Bévalot F, Prévosto JM (June 2006). "Identification of 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (bufotenine) in takini (Brosimumacutifolium Huber subsp. acutifolium C.C. Berg, Moraceae), a shamanic potion used in the Guiana Plateau". J Ethnopharmacol. 106 (2): 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.022. PMID 16455218.
  7. ↑ Schultes, Richard Evans; Farnsworth, Norman R (1980). "Ethnomedical, Botanical and Phytochemical Aspects of Natural Hallucinogens". Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 28 (2): 123–214. doi:10.5962/p.168645. ISSN 0006-8098. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
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