Virola theiodora
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Virola |
| Species: | V. theiodora |
| Binomial name | |
| Virola theiodora | |
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Virola theiodora is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and Venezuela.[2]
It is used as a medicine and a poison.[2] The Yanomami people use the powdered resin as an entheogen known as nyakwána which is inhaled or "snuffed" into the nasal cavity, it contains a high concentration of 5-MeO-DMT and DMT.[3]
Virola theiodora extracts have weak antibacterial activity against Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus.[4]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2021). "Virola theiodora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T194009682A194009684. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T194009682A194009684.en. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Virola theiodora (Spruce ex Benth.) Warb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ Agurell, S; Holmstedt, B; Lindgren, JE; Schultes, RE (1969). "Alkaloids in certain species of Virola and other South American plants of ethnopharmacologic interest". Acta Chemica Scandinavica. 23 (3): 903–16. doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.23-0903. PMID 5806312.
- ↑ Suffredini, Ivana Barbosa; Paciencia, Mateus Luís Barradas; Varella, Antonio Drauzio; Younes, Riad Naim (2006). "Antibacterial Activity of Brazilian Amazon Plant Extracts" (PDF). Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 10 (6): 400–2. doi:10.1590/S1413-86702006000600008. PMID 17420913.