Chaliponga (Diplopterys cabrerana)
Chaliponga Information
Diplopterys cabrerana is the botanical name of the plant more commonly known as chaliponga. It is part of the Malpighiaceae family of plants. The Malpighiaceae family is made up of over 1300 species and 75 genera.
The foliage (leaves) of the plant have been used for thousands of years in the drink called ayahuasca. For this purpose, Diplopterys cabrerana was one of the plants often used in conjunction with Banisteriopsis caapi (or another species of Banisteriopsis).
South American shamans mix sections of Banisteriopsis Caapi (it contains compounds known as MAOI's) and leaves of Diplopterys cabrerana (it contains tryptamine alkaloids known as DMT) together in order for the DMT to be absorbed orally (in ayahuasca).
Ayahuasca made with Banisteriopsis Caapi and Diplopterys cabrerana is usually reserved for those who have taken ayahuasca before and would like to travel deeper into the experience.
This is because Diplopterys cabrerana has a higher concentration of DMT than the other plant (Psychotria viridis) that is most often mixed with Banisteriopsis caapi to produce traditional ayahuasca.
Scientific Classification Of Diplopterys cabrerana
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Diplopterys
Species: Diplopterys cabrerana
The plant is native to South America and it can still be found growing wild in parts of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Diplopterys cabrerana is also intentionally cultivated as a cash crop in these areas.
Diplopterys cabrerana was formerly called Banisteriopsis rusbyana, in honor of Henry Rusby. He was an ethnobotanist who is believed to be the first person to film an ayahuasca ceremony (sometime prior to 1940).
You can legally buy chaliponga leaves (foliage) from companies that ship from the USA, but using them for the DMT they contain is illegal in the United States and some other countries.
Do not ingest this plant for the DMT content if doing so is illegal where you live. Diplopterys cabrerana seeds can be used to grow new plants.
In addition to DMT, the leaves contain lesser amounts of 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenine (both of which are also hallucinogenic). There are no known medical uses of Diplopterys cabrerana, other than in the preparation of medicinal ayahuasca.
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