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.