Matacabra

This plant, which is supposedly also known as flore

or chalviande, is said to be used as a hallucinogen

in the coastal region of Ecuador (Alvear 1971,

23*). Whether the botanical identification given

by Alvear is correct is more than doubtful. It may

be that the plant being referred to is actually Ipomoea

carnea, which is also called matacabra C'goat

killer") (see Ipomoea spp.).