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Malpighiaceae

Diplopterys cabrerana (Cuatrec.) B.Gates

Family
Malpighiaceae
Genus
Diplopterys

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Diplopterys cabrerana: A vine known as Chalipanga, and here in Ecuador as Chacruna. It provides a hallucinogen which is part of the Ayahuasca concoction. Jatun Sacha gardens.
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Japanese
ディプロプテリス・カブレラナ
Persian
دیپلپتریس کبررانا
Russian
Banisteria rusbyana, Чагропанга, Чалипонга, Чалипонка
Spanish
Chacruna, Chagropanga, Chalipanga, Chapilonga, Ojo Yaje, Ojo Yajé

Synonyms

  • Banisteriopsis cabrerana Cuatrec.

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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). About our plant data.