Sacred Plants of the Americas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pflugheber, Jill.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A dazzlingly illustrated journey into the transformative world of sacred plants Indigenous communities have long revered certain plants and fungi as healers, storytellers, and spirit guides.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Microcosms: The Inner Worlds of Sacred Plants

Alicia anisopetala / Black ayahuasca

Amaranthus cruentus / Amaranth

Anadenanthera colubrina / Cebil

Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. mexicana / Western mugwort

Ayahuasca / Yagé:

Banisteriopsis spp. / Ayahuasca / yagé

Diplopterys spp. / Chaliponga / huambisa

Psychotria spp. / Amyruca / chacruna

Bourreria huanita / Esquisúchil

Brugmansia insignis / Angel's trumpet

Brugmansia × candida / Culebra borrachero

Brugmansia sanguinea / Blood-red angel's trumpet

Brunfelsia grandiflora / Chiric-sanango

Bursera fagaroides / Copal

Calea ternifolia / Zacatechichi

Cannabis sativa / Marijuana

Ceiba pentandra / Ceiba

Cestrum parqui / Palqui

Datura innoxia / Toloache

Desfontainia spinosa / Taique

Dianthera pectoralis / Carpenter bush

Drimys andina / Dwarf winter's bark

Erythroxylum novogranatense / Coca

Heimia salicifolia / Sun-opener

Hierochloe odorata / Sweetgrass

Ipomoea corymbosa / Ololiuhqui

Ipomoea tricolor / Heavenly blue morning glory

Latua pubiflora / Latué

Leonotis nepetifolia / Christmas candlestick

Lophophora williamsii / Peyote

Mimosa pudica / Sensitive plant

Mimosa tenuiflora / Tepezcohuite

Neltuma spp. / Mesquite

Nicotiana rustica / Tobacco

Paullinia cupana / Guaraná

Polylepis incarum / Queñua

Psilocybe cubensis / Di-shi-tjo-le-rra-ja / magic mushroom

Salvia apiana / White sage

Salvia divinorum / Diviner's sage

Solandra maxima / Chalice vine

Tabernaemontana sananho / Uchu sanango

Tabernaemontana undulata / Mana heins

Tagetes lucida / Mexican marigold

Theobroma cacao / Cacao

Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi / Huachuma / San Pedro cactus

Ullucus tuberosus (aborigineus) / Olluko / ancestral potato

Virola theiodora / Yãkoana.

Zea luxurians / Guatemalan teosinte / wild maize

About the Authors

Index of Plants Illustrated

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Picture Credits.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Pflugheber, Jill Sacred Plants of the Americas

ISBN:

9780691296081

OCLC:

1592688440