| Galbulimima belgraveana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Himantandraceae |
| Genus: | Galbulimima |
| Species: | G. belgraveana |
| Binomial name | |
| Galbulimima belgraveana (F.Muell.) Sprague |
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Galbulimima belgraveana is an hallucinogenic plant. Its common names include white magnolia.[1] It is native to northeastern Australia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. Papuans (who tend to use this drug the most) boil the bark and the leaves together with another plant, called Homalomena[2], in order to make tea. This tea leads to a deep sleep, in which it is said that vivid dreams and visions occur. The plant itself grows to about 90 feet, it has no petals and its flower are a yellow-brown colour. It is similar to strong marijuana which induces a similar slumber like feeling. Several psychoactive alkaloids structurally related to Himbacine, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, have been isolated from the plant, but the primary psychoactive constituent responsible for the plant's hallucinogenic effects has not yet been identified. [3] The tree is also used for its wood.[1]