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'''Mimosa tenuiflora''' (also known as '''Mimosa hostilis''' and '''Jurema''') is a perrenial shrub indigenous to northeast South America, more commonly in lower altitudes. The dried root bark may contain up to 1.0 to 1.7% [[DMT]]<ref>Encyclopedia of psychoactive plants. Botany, ethnopharmacology and applications. Aarau: AT-Verl. P. 15. ISBN 978-3-85502-570-1.</ref>  
'''''Mimosa tenuiflora''''' (also known as '''''Mimosa hostilis''''' and '''Jurema''') is a perrenial shrub indigenous to northeast South America, more commonly in lower altitudes. The dried root bark may contain up to 1.0 to 1.7% [[DMT]]<ref>Encyclopedia of psychoactive plants. Botany, ethnopharmacology and applications. Aarau: AT-Verl. P. 15. ISBN 978-3-85502-570-1.</ref>  


It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews. It is typically combined with [[Banisteriopsis caapi|''Banisteriopsis caapi'']] or another plant source of beta-carboline MAOIs (specifically Reversible Inhibitors of MAO-A, or RIMAs such as the [[Harmala alkaloid|Harmala alkaloids]]).<ref>Ayahuasca Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens (1995), ISBN 0-9614234-4-7</ref> It is also used as a source of [[DMT]] for extraction in modern times, and as an admixture for ayahuasca brews in both ancient and modern contexts.  
It has been used by indigenous peoples of South America for use in [[Ayahuasca]] brews. It is typically combined with [[Banisteriopsis caapi|''Banisteriopsis caapi'']] or another plant source of beta-carboline MAOIs (specifically Reversible Inhibitors of MAO-A, or RIMAs such as the [[Harmala alkaloid|Harmala alkaloids]]).<ref>Ayahuasca Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens (1995), ISBN 0-9614234-4-7</ref> It is also used as a source of [[DMT]] for extraction in modern times, and as an admixture for ayahuasca brews in both ancient and modern contexts.