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This is a list of plant species that, when consumed by humans, are known or suspected to produce psychoactive effects: changes in nervous system function that alter perception, mood, consciousness, cognition or behavior. Many of these plants are used intentionally as psychoactive drugs, for medicinal, religious, and/or recreational purposes.
Psychoactive plants include, but are not limited to, the following examples: Cannabis: cannabinoids; Tobacco: nicotine and beta-carboline alkaloids; Coca: cocaine; Opium Poppy: morphine, codeine, thebaine, papaverine, noscapine, and narceine; Salvia divinorum: salvinorin A; Khat: cathine and cathinone; Kava: kavalactones; Nutmeg: myristicin
The following is a list of plants that, amazingly, affect the brains and mental states of the humans who ingest them.
For the most part, psychoactive plants contain chemicals that affect different neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and cannabinoid receptors, which are responsible for things like stimulation, sedation, altered moods, and even hallucinations.
Hallucinogens are compounds that cause distinct changes in perception, emotional state of mind, and awareness of space and time, medically defined as sensory delusions. Psychoactive plants with compounds in this group include the peyote cactus, Datura species, Salvia divinorum, and various morning-glory species such as Turbina corymbosa.
In the table below, a few examples of significant psychoactive plants and their effects are shown. For further examples, see List of psychoactive plants. Botanical taxonomy delimits groups of plants and describes and names taxa based on these groups to identify other members of the same taxa.
Plants listed in this section are those which have been used by humans for their mind- or emotion-altering properties. These plants range from the common to the extremely uncommon and include plants with a long history of use as well as those with little to no track record.
This is a list of plants (flora) which contain psychoactive drugs. Psychoactive plants have been used traditionally for thousands of years by human cultures all around the world and many play a significant role in society.
Psychoactive compounds are found primarily in angiosperms and fungi. Angiosperm families especially known for having plants with psychoactive properties include: Solanaceae (nightshade), Rubiaceae (coffee), Papaveraceae (poppy), Erythroxylaceae (coca), Convolvulaceae (morning-glory).
Psychoactive plants include, but are not limited to, the following examples: Cannabis: cannabinoids; Tobacco: nicotine and beta-carboline alkaloids; Coca: cocaine; Opium Poppy: morphine, codeine, thebaine, papaverine, noscapine, and narceine; Salvia divinorum: salvinorin A; Khat: cathine and cathinone; Kava: kavalactones; Nutmeg: myristicin