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There are several interesting things about this small tree. First it is described as a cultivar, growing only in the presence of human settlement. One botanist says it has probably been so for ten thousand years growing in the presence of early Indian settlements in South America. Another interesting feature is that it gives off a powerful scent of perfumed soap but only from around 6pm until about six in the morning. In the day time there is no scent at all. Lastly it is supposed to be the source of the drug scopolamine and the Indians sometime add it to an ayajuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi) mix
to intensify the hallucinatory effect. It grows on my property and the scent fills the night air when it is flowering.
to intensify the hallucinatory effect. It grows on my property and the scent fills the night air when it is flowering.