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Notes on the use of plant hallucinogens in Amazonian Brazil

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  1. B. A. Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, N.Y.

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Prance, G.T. Notes on the use of plant hallucinogens in Amazonian Brazil. Econ Bot 24, 62–68 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860638

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