Malpighiaceae
Ayahuasca
Banisteriopsis caapi
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Genus
- Banisteriopsis
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- نبات بانيستيريوبسيس كابي
- arz
- نبات بانيستيريوبسيس كابى
- Chinese
- 卡披木
- English
- Ayahuasca
- Esperanto
- Kaapio
- Estonian
- Amasoonase kaapiväät
- Finnish
- Amazoninajahuaskaliaani, Ayahuascaliaani, Sielun liaani, Sielunliaani
- frr
- Ayahuasca
- Hebrew
- בניסטריופסיס קאפי
- Japanese
- バニステリオプシス・カーピ, バニステリオプス・カアピ
- Lithuanian
- Svaigusis kvaitulis, Svaigusis kvaitulys
- Persian
- آیاهواسکا
- Portuguese
- Cipó-mariri, Caupuri, Cipó mariri, Mariri, Tucunaca, Tucunacá
- Quechua
- Ayawaska, Ayahuasca
- Russian
- Лоза духов, Банистериопсис каапи
- Spanish
- Bejuco de oro, Natema, Yage, Yagé, Yaje, Yajé
Synonyms
- Banisteria caapi Spruce ex Griseb.
- Banisteria inebrians (Morton) J.F.Macbr.
- Banisteria quitensis Nied.
- Banisteriopsis inebrians C.V.Morton
- Banisteriopsis quitensis (Nied.) C.V.Morton
Photos
Photo: François Delonnay/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Terpsichore, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CostaPPPR, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CostaPPPR, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.