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Ololiuqui

Turbina corymbosa

Convolvulaceae // seeds

Also known as: Rivea corymbosa, ololiuhqui

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

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Preparation

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Safety

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Research

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Overview

Plant parts

seeds

Known constituents

ergine (LSA), ergometrine and related clavine/ergoline alkaloids from fungal symbionts

Research corpus coverage

Ethnobotanical / entheogenicPet safety

Chemistry notes

  • Principal reported constituents include ergine (LSA), ergometrine and related clavine/ergoline alkaloids from fungal symbionts; broad class: serotonergic/adrenergic ergoline alkaloids.

Uses & Evidence

Traditional / historical use

Documented traditional use — not a claim of established efficacy.

No traditional-use records in this corpus.

Modern evidence

  • Current accepted placement varies by authority; ololiuqui must not be conflated with all morning glories.

    MODERATE · Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico

    Identity/attribution caution.

Safety

Human

  • High risk

    Safety severity is HIGH: nausea, vasoconstriction, anxiety, confusion; pregnancy concern

    Intrinsic toxicity · HIGH · Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico

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: nausea, vasoconstriction, anxiety, confusion; pregnancy concern

    HIGH · Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico

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 Convolvulus corymbosus L. as a taxonomic synonym of Ipomoea corymbosa.

    HIGH · GBIF Species Synonyms API

  • Former name

    GBIF treats the corpus name Turbina corymbosa (L.) Raf. as a synonym and points to Ipomoea corymbosa as the accepted usage.

    MODERATE · GBIF Species Match API

Common name

Rivea corymbosa, ololiuhqui

Traditions

Nahua/Aztec and other Mesoamerican divinatory/healing traditions

Mexico and Central America // 16th-century colonial accounts and continuing folk use reports // historical evidence with some living continuity

  • Ethnobotanical

    Ololiuqui is documented in Nahua/Aztec and other Mesoamerican divinatory/healing traditions in Mexico and Central America for divination, diagnosis, healing and deity consultation.

    MODERATE · Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico

  • Ritual

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

    MODERATE · Psychoactive and other ceremonial plants from a 2,000-year-old Maya ritual deposit at Yaxnohcah, Mexico

Sources

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