''Echinopsis scopulicola'' is a type of
cactus
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Gree ...
native to
Bolivia, which contains psychedelic compounds. Many claimed this species contained
mescaline. This was confirmed in 2010 in a study of well-documented individual living plants of the subgenus Trichocereus of the genus Echinopsis. ''E. scopulicola'' was noted to contain 0.82% mescaline by dry weight in the outer green layer.
Names
This cactus is
synonymous with ''Trichocereus scopulicola'', and its scientific name is ''Echinopsis scopulicola''.
Plant description
This cactus grows 3–4 meters tall, and 8–10 cm in diameter, and is also noted for its unusually short spines.
It readily forms hybrids with another Bolivian species, ''
Echinopsis lageniformis''.
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scopulicola
Cacti of South America
Herbal and fungal hallucinogens
Psychedelic phenethylamine carriers
Flora of Bolivia
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