Kingdom Plantae Family Himantandraceae Scientific name Galbulimima belgraveana | Order Magnoliales Genus Galbulimima Rank Species | |
Similar Galbulimima, Galbulimima baccata, Pancratium trianthum, Cryptocarya erythroxylon, Tetrapterys methystica | ||
Galbulimima belgraveana is a hallucinogenic plant. Its common names include white magnolia. It is native to northeastern Australia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. Papuans (who tend to use this drug the most) boil the bark and the leaves together with another plant, called Homalomena, in order to make tea. This tea leads to a deep sleep, in which it is said that vivid dreams and visions occur. The plant itself grows to about 90 feet, it has no petals and its flower are a yellow-brown colour.
Several psychoactive alkaloids structurally related to Himbacine, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, have been isolated from the plant, but the primary psychoactive constituent responsible for the plant's hallucinogenic effects has not yet been identified. The tree is also used for its wood.