Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-663.56.17
Iresine calea
Name: Achyranthes calea.
Name: Iresine calea; Iresine from the Greek word erios, meaning "wooly", referring to the trichome-covered flowers.
English: Bloodleaf; Herb of fever.
Spanish: Herba du Tabardilla de Puebla.
Region: American tropics.
Genus: 20 to 25 species.
Use: ornamental; additives to hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
Botany: Mexico; round stem, green, bluish-red hue when full-grown, gnarled and rugged, the leaves oval, spear-shaped and smooth; colored foliage.
Source: De Legarreta.