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Sysop https://www.drugwiki.net/wen/index.php?title=Jamaican_Nutmeg&diff=10903&oldid=prev 2015-03-11T07:42:35Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;table style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;In West Africa, this treelike curcubit is known as<br /> <br /> pebe. Its seeds are reputedly used to establish<br /> <br /> contact with the water spirits (mamiwata).<br /> <br /> Apparently they are ingested and also smeared on<br /> <br /> the arms. The seeds are used by the Pygmies as a<br /> <br /> stimulant and to treat headaches. With a scent<br /> <br /> reminiscent of that of nutmeg, they are also used as a substitute for the true nutmeg (Myristica<br /> <br /> fragrans) , which may also represent a pebe for<br /> <br /> contacting the water spirits (Wagner 1991; cf. also<br /> <br /> Ott 1993, 413 f.*). The seeds contain an essential<br /> <br /> oil in which myristicin or safrole may be present;<br /> <br /> this would make them a useful psychoactive substance.<br /> <br /> African slaves introduced the plant into the<br /> <br /> Caribbean, where the seeds are used as a spice<br /> <br /> (Bartels 1993,69*).<br /> <br /> Another curcubit species (Echinocystis Iobata<br /> <br /> Torr. et Gray) is rumored to be psychoactive or<br /> <br /> even hallucinogenic (Schultes and Farnsworth<br /> <br /> 1982, 188*; Schultes and Hofmann 1980,367*).&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;53%&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Literature&lt;/strong&gt;<br /> <br /> Wagner, Johanna. 1991. Das &quot;dawa&quot; der mamiwata<br /> <br /> (Ein moglicherweise pharmakologischer Aspekt<br /> <br /> des westafrikanischen Glaubens an Wassergeister.)<br /> <br /> Integration 1:61-63.&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Ethnobotanical]]</div>

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