CHIRIC-CASPI AND CHIRIC SANANGO
Chapter: Entheogens
AKA: Brunfelsia chiricaspi, Brunfelsia grandiflora, Brunfelsia tastevinii (keyahone).
This genus of 40 species of South American and West Indian shrubs belongs to the nightshade family.
Effects: Used by several South American Indian tribes to make a hallucinogenic drink that takes effect in about 15 minutes and has a duration of four to five hours. The psychoactive ingredient has not yet been isolated. The plants are also used to treat fevers, snakebite, and rheumatism.
