Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name, in the Kongo region of West Afriea, of a shrub of the dogbane family, Tabernanthe Iboga.
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- noun Tabernanthe iboga, a
perennial rainforest shrub andhallucinogen .
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Examples
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In my quest for illumination, I underwent a tribal initiation in Gabon, eating iboga, a bitter-tasting psychedelic root bark that induces a visionary state.
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Ibogaine is derived from the tabernanthe iboga shrub, which is native to west central Africa, where it has been used for millennia as a treatment for physical, mental and spiritual ailments.
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The iboga plant bears yellow teardrop fruits sometimes eaten by elephants.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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In addition to being a profound hallucinatory experience, iboga eliminates withdrawal symptoms associated with opiate dependency.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Leaving the iboga, we come to a shady corner of the garden where another outlawed plant languishes in obscurity.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Ayahuasca and iboga, by their very nature, will never be drugs of abuse.
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The story comes from western Africa's Bwiti religion, whose adherents use the iboga plant to induce visions and aid in the hunt.
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Dr. Stanley Glick, the Director of the Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience at Albany Medical College in New York, is developing 18-methoxycoronaridine (18-MC), another iboga alkaloid that has a better safety profile than ibogaine.
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Taub explains, "In the tribal use of ibogaine, the visionary aspect of iboga is revered as an integral part of the healing process -- this is especially ironic in light of the fact that Dr. Deborah Mash, a professor at the University of Miami and one of the top scientific experts on ibogaine, is working to develop noribogaine (12-Hydroxyibogamine), an ibogaine metabolite that does not induce visions."
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Ethnobotanists have proposed the iboga, a West African teardrop-shaped fruit that cures opiate addiction.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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