Cactus : Lophophora

PEYOTE 

Peyote

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Lophophora williamsii, (pronounced /loʊˈfɒfərə wɪlˈjæmsiaɪ/, lō-fof′ŏ-ră will-yăm′sē-ī), better known by its common name Peyote, but also sometimes called Mescal Button or the Divine Cactus, is a small, spineless cactus whose native region extends from the southwestern United States, specifically in the southwestern part of Texas, through central Mexico. They are found primarily in the Chihuahuan desert and in the states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosialkaloidsmescaline in particular. It is currently used world wide mainly as a recreational drug, an entheogen, and a supplement to various transcendence practices including in meditation, psychonautics, and psychedelic psychotherapy. Peyote has a history of ritual religious and medicinal use among certain indigenous American tribes going back thousands of years. The plant's pink flowers emerge from March through May, and in exceptional cases as late as September. amongst scrub, especially when limestone is present in the soil. The cactus is well known for its psychoactive and among these


Peyote  เป็นชื่อสามัญ ที่ใช้เรียก Lophophora williamsii 

มีความแตกต่างจาก Lophophora diffusa เพราะมีสาร Alkaloids ที่มีฤทธิ์กล่อมประสาท 




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