Quararibea

Quararibea
fruit of Quararibea cordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Bombacoideae
Genus: Quararibea
Aubl.
Species

Quararibea asterolepis
Quararibea aurantiocalyx
Quararibea cordata
Quararibea dolichopoda
Quararibea dolichosiphon
Quararibea funebris
Quararibea gomeziana
Quararibea jefensis
Quararibea pendula
Quararibea platyphylla
Quararibea pterocalyx
Quararibea sanblasensis
Quararibea santaritensis
Quararibea turbinata
Quararibea velutina
Quararibea yunckeri
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Quararibea is a genus of aromatic plants in the family Malvaceae. Quararibea "ishpingo" (species unknown) is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca. Quararibea turbinata goes by the common name "Swizzlestick tree." [1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ober, Frederick Albion. (1920) A guide to the West Indies, Bermuda and Panama. Page 9. Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company.
  2. ^ [1] Spirit of Bermuda cookbook