Scientific Name: Rivea Corymbosa, Turbina Corymbosa
Common Name: Ololiúqui, ololiuhqui, ololiuqui, coaxihuitl, "snake-plant", hiedra, bejuco, semilla de la Virgen, Morning Glory
Origin: Mexico

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Traditional uses: Generations of Aztecs used the Morning Glory seeds to communicate with the Sun Gods as a ritual. Natives in Mexico (Oaxaca region) believe that the deity lives within the seeds.

Rivea corymbosa (common synonym: Turbina corymbosa), is a species of morning glory plants, native throughout Latin America from Mexico in the North to Peru in the South and widely naturalised elsewhere. It is a perennial climbing vine with white flowers, often planted as an ornamental plant. This plant also occurs in Cuba, where it usually blooms from early December to February. Its flowers secrete copious amount of nectar, and the honey the bees make from it is very clear and aromatic. It is considered one of the main honey plants from the island.

Known to natives of Mexico as Ololiúqui (also spelled ololiuhqui or ololiuqui), its seeds, while little known outside of Mexico, were perhaps the most common hallucinogenic drug used by the natives.

The Nahuatl word ololiuhqui means "round thing", and refers to the small, brown, oval seeds of the morning glory, not the plant itself, which is called coaxihuitl, "snake-plant", in Nahuatl, and hiedra or bejuco in the Spanish language. The seeds, in Spanish, are sometimes called semilla de la Virgen (seeds of the Virgin Mary).

The seeds are also used by Native curers in order to gain knowledge in curing practices and ritual, as well as the causes for the illness.

These seeds are untreated and sold for propogation use. NOT SOLD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION!

Starting at only $7.99 for 50 seeds. (Seeds sold by weight and seed count may vary)