Curupa
Anadenanthera peregrina
About Curupa
Curupa (Anadenanthera peregrina) is a herb used in the Amazonian Plant Medicine tradition to help with Respiratory Issues, Fever, Headache, and Digestive Issues. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Anadenanthera peregrina, also known as yopo, jopo, cohoba, parica or calcium tree, is a perennial tree of the genus Anadenanthera native to the Caribbean and South America. It grows up to 20 m (66 ft) tall, and has a thorny bark. Its flowers grow in small, pale yellow to white spherical clusters resembling Acacia (e.g. wattle) inflorescences. It is an entheogen which has been used in healing ceremonies and rituals for thousands of years in northern South America
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist