Seeds of Species used as Herbal Tobacco :

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The pulverised plant is also reported to be an hallucinogenic additive to tobacco to be smoked. Or else it can simply be dried and powdered and used as a snuff. The dosage is small with approximately 50 milligrams of plant chewed producing a feeling of euphoria, which lasts for about 20 minutes; this is followed by sedation.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id289.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Duimpiesnuif Pleiospilos bolusii"><U><B>Click here to buy live plants</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Rabiea albinota</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Is used as a snuff, or smoked, to cause a state of euphoria.</div> <div> We have Rabiea albipuncta & Rabiea difformis seeds.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Ranunculus multifidus</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Leaves are used as a cleanser and for pain by the Xhosa.</div> <div> The Sotho use smoke from the burning plants as inhalants for headaches.</div> <div> Powdered leaves are used as snuff by the Tswana.</div> <div> Contains the glycoside, ranuculin, which is converted enzymatically into the irritant volatile oil, protoanemonin.</div> <div> Aqueous extracts from whole plants show some anti-microbial activity.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Rothmannia capensis</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The Rozi use burning smoke from the roots for rheumatism.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Salvia repens & runcinata</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The Sutos mix one or the other with their tobacco.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Stachys aethiopica</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The Sutos inhale the smoke for a soothing effect.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Strychnos usambarensis</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The alkaloid harmin has been found in the bark and leaves.</div> <div> Stembark and leaves are used for local pain relief, general weakness and as a tonic.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id450.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strychnos spinosa leaf"><U><B>Click here to buy Strychnos spinosa leaf</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Sutherlandia frutescens</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The seeds and leaves are smoked by labourers as a cannabis substitute in Namaqualand. </div> <div> The leaves are sedative when smoked. </div> <div> The leaves are also smoked for extreme pain.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id346.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wildegansie Sutherlandia frutescens"><U><B>Click here to buy Sutherlandia frutescens herb</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Tarchonanthus camphoratus</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The leaves were traditionally smoked as a narcotic by the Bushmen.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bushmans Tobacco"><U><B>Click here to buy T. camphoratus leaf</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Turbina oblongata</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The Sotho's snuff the leaves, or add them to tobacco to be smoked.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Vernonia pauciflora</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Leaves are used as a substitute for cigarettes in Ethiopia.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Watsonia densiflora</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Flower stalks are used for smoking dagga (cannabis).</div> <div> (The term `dagga' refers to cannabis, but `wilde-dagga' or wild-dagga refers to <A HREF="id293.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Duiwelstabak Devils Tobacco Leonotis le"><U><I>Leonotis leonorus</I></U></A>.)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/index.php?cPath=30_43" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/i"><U><B>Click here to buy seeds</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  Subscribe to The Botanical Source free newsletter:<br><br> <form 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