Re: Brasilia
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Brasilia
- From: "* F* D* <s*@nr.infi.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 14:53:08 -0400 (EDT)
At 06:31 AM 5/6/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>I have become convinced this group can answer any question at all about
>plants, so I turn to you again to see if there are folks who might know what
>I should advise this gentlemen? Or even if they are sure what plants he
>might be referring to? I know Ipomea is the morning glory family; I don't
>know violacea. (I'm guessing it's purple. ;-) I have zero idea where the
>reference to claviceps came from but it was interesting.
>
>Cyndi Kirkpatrick
>Eos Development
>http://www.eosdev.com
>
>Hello! my name and rodrigo and do I live in Brazil and am I a researcher
>of the Plants of Power, would he/she like to know on the plant (ipomea
>violacea), how and done him I prepare of her, should it be cooked the
>plant or only to catch its seed, is there only a seed?.
>Regarding the ( claviceps purpurea), he is only born in the rye or
>he/she is also born in the wheat.
>Respectfully.
>Thank you
Claviceps purpurea - the ergot fungus on rye which contains varoius ergoline
alkaloids like ergometrine, also found in seeds of Ipomea violacea and Rivea
corymbosa seeds. The drug LSD is a synthetic variant of this group of
indole alkaloids. This comes from the work of Richard Evans Schultes.
Richard F. Dufresne
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