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Chagropanga

Diplopterys cabrerana

Malpighiaceae // leaves

Also known as: chaliponga, chagropanga

Safety warning on record — see SafetyLegal status varies by jurisdiction — see Legal

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Preparation

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Overview

Plant parts

leaves

Known constituents

DMT, 5-MeO-DMT reported variably

Research corpus coverage

Ethnobotanical / entheogenicPet safety

Chemistry notes

  • Principal reported constituents include DMT, 5-MeO-DMT reported variably; broad class: serotonergic tryptamines.

Uses & Evidence

Traditional / historical use

Documented traditional use — not a claim of established efficacy.

No traditional-use records in this corpus.

Modern evidence

  • Older literature often uses Banisteriopsis rusbyana; other Diplopterys species may be substituted.

    MODERATE · Ethnobotany and Wood Anatomy of Banisteriopsis caapi Ethnotaxa and Diplopterys cf. pubipetala, Components of Ayahuasca in Brazilian Rituals

    Identity/attribution caution.

Safety

Human

  • High risk

    Safety severity is HIGH: combination MAOI and serotonergic risks; species substitution uncertainty

    Intrinsic toxicity · HIGH · Ayahuasca: A review of historical, pharmacological, and therapeutic aspects

Additional safety notes (general, unstructured)

Free-text safety notes carried from their source — not broken out by species, route, or hazard type, and not equivalent to the structured records above. Each note names the kind of source it came from.

  • Safety severity is HIGH: combination MAOI and serotonergic risks; species substitution uncertainty

    HIGH · Ayahuasca: A review of historical, pharmacological, and therapeutic aspects

Preparation × species risk matrix

Unknown means insufficient evidence was located — not that a form is safe.

Cats

  • tinctureCaution
  • concentrated extractUnknown
  • essential oilUnknown
  • glyceriteUnknown
  • infused oilUnknown
  • salveUnknown
  • smoke/combustionUnknown
  • tea/infusionUnknown
  • whole herbUnknown

Dogs

  • tinctureCaution
  • concentrated extractUnknown
  • essential oilUnknown
  • glyceriteUnknown
  • infused oilUnknown
  • salveUnknown
  • smoke/combustionUnknown
  • tea/infusionUnknown
  • whole herbUnknown

Identity

  • Synonym

    GBIF lists Banisteriopsis cabrerana Cuatrec. as a taxonomic synonym of Diplopterys cabrerana.

    HIGH · GBIF Species Synonyms API

Common name

chaliponga, chagropanga

Traditions

Upper Amazonian traditions

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru // modern ethnobotany // living tradition

  • Ethnobotanical

    Chagropanga is documented in Upper Amazonian traditions in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru for ayahuasca/yagé admixture.

    MODERATE · Ethnobotany and Wood Anatomy of Banisteriopsis caapi Ethnotaxa and Diplopterys cf. pubipetala, Components of Ayahuasca in Brazilian Rituals

  • Ritual

    Documented functions include visionary, healing, divinatory; these functions are tradition-specific and should not be generalized across cultures.

    MODERATE · Ethnobotany and Wood Anatomy of Banisteriopsis caapi Ethnotaxa and Diplopterys cf. pubipetala, Components of Ayahuasca in Brazilian Rituals

Sources

Research records are source-linked but may not yet be editorially reviewed.