Taxon: Anadenanthera peregrina (L.) Speg.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata (no accessions)
• Anadenanthera peregrina var. peregrina (no accessions)

Common names:

• cohoba   (Source: Websters Dict as Piptadenia peregrina)
  
• cohoba-tree   (Source: Dict Econ Pl )
  
• paricá   (Source: Healing Forest ) [Portuguese]
  
• candelón   (Source: F Hispan ) [Spanish]
  
• cojoba   (Source: F Hispan ) [Spanish]
  
• yopo   (Source: Healing Forest ) [Spanish]
  

Economic importance:

• Social: hallucinogen   (fide Healing Forest 231. 1990)
  

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Distributional range:

Native:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Haiti; Martinique; Puerto Rico; St. Vincent and Grenadines - St. Vincent; Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
  Northern South America: Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil [Goias, Para, Amazonas, Bahia (& probably elsewhere in NE)]
  Western South America: Colombia
  Southern South America: Paraguay [e.]

References:

• Bernardi, L. 1984. Contribución a la dendrología paraguaya. I. Boissiera 35:157. [= Piptadenia peregrina (L.) Benth.].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. (Leg Maraca)
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
• Liogier, A. H. 1981–. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. (F Hispan)
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR) [= Piptadenia peregrina (L.) Benth.].
• Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname)
• Reis Altschul, S. von. 1964. A taxonomic study of the genus Anadenanthera. Contr. Gray Herb. 193:43.
• Schultes, R. E. & R. E. Raffauf. 1990. The healing forest: medicinal and toxic plants of the Northwest Amazonia. (Healing Forest)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Anadenanthera peregrina.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Anadenanthera peregrina. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. [≡ Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata]
  
• (≡) Mimosa peregrina L. (basionym)
  
• Piptadenia falcata Benth. [≡ Anadenanthera peregrina var. falcata]
  
• (≡) Piptadenia peregrina (L.) Benth.
  

Check other databases for Anadenanthera peregrina (L.) Speg.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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