| Acacia filiciana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Acacia |
| Species: | A. filiciana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acacia filiciana (L.)Willd. |
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Acacia filiciana is a small tree native to Mexico. Its roots provide a potentially psychoactive addition to Pulque, a fermented drink derived from agave. The Aztecs called the tree Ocpatl. Today in Mexican Spanish it is called palo de pulque, or Pulque Tree.[1]