Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga) is a shrub that is used for ritual and ceremonial purposes in some African cultures. It has hallucinogenic effects. Iboga contains chemicals that can cause brain...

Tabernanthe iboga (iboga) is an evergreen rainforest shrub native to Central Africa. A member of the Apocynaceae family indigenous to Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo, it is cultivated across Central Africa for its medicinal and other effects.

Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga) is a perennial rainforest shrub native to West Central Africa, particularly in Gabon 2. This plant is renowned for its root bark, which contains numerous alkaloids, the most well known being ibogaine. Iboga also includes 30 alkaloids such as ibogamine, ibogaline, tabernanthine, Coronaridine and others.

Iboga is a profoundly healing plant medicine from equatorial west Africa (Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon). It is known as the “Godfather of all Plant Medicines” and is the only one that can be used for physical healing, spiritual healing, and spiritual discovery.

2024年4月22日 · West African cultures use the root of iboga in initiation rites (ie, to cause a near-death experience as a catalyst for spiritual discovery) and as an aphrodisiac and stimulant; the growing use of iboga has been said to be an important force against the spread of Christianity and Islam in its native growing regions.

2014年6月2日 · Iboga (Tabernanthe Iboga) has a long history of use as a medicine and spiritual sacrament in central Africa. The legend goes that the forest people (pygmies) first discovered it through the observations of animals such as boar, porcupines and gorillas consuming the root.

2024年3月20日 · The highest concentration of ibogaine can be found in the root of the iboga plant, with mild potency in the rest of the plant. The root bark contains 6% of indole alkaloids, including ibogaine, ibogaline, ibogaine, and tabernanthine, 80% of these belonging to ibogaine.

Used in Gabon since ancient times, Iboga is deeply rooted in the country’s spiritual heritage. Stories of its origins, passed down by elders and documented in literature, reveal that the plant was first used by the Babongos (Pygmies), who have inhabited Central Africa for tens of thousands of years.

2022年5月23日 · Iboga, or Tabernanthe iboga, is a small, evergreen shrub that grows primarily in Gabon, Cameroon, and the Congo Basin. The plant’s root bark is highly valued for its psychoactive properties, which are attributed to the presence of ibogaine.

Tabernanthe iboga is a shrub of the Apocynaceae family native to Central Africa, whose root bark is traditionally used in initiatory rituals as a sacrament. The root bark contains the principal alkaloid ibogaine and 11 other iboga alkaloids. Ibogaine is the most researched of the known iboga alkaloids.