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| Lophophora williamsii | |
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 Peyote in a pot. |
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| Taxonomical nomenclature | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Unranked | Angiosperms |
| Unranked | Eudicots |
| Unranked | Core eudicots |
| Order | Caryophyllales |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Genus | Lophophora |
| Species | L. williamsii |
| Common nomenclature | |
| Common names | Peyote, Peyotel (in Latin America) |
| Constituents | |
| Active constituents | Mescaline, Pellotine, Hordenine, etc. |
Lophophora williamsii also knows as Peyote or Peyotel (Spanish) is a spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids like mescaline. Native North Americans are likely to have used peyote, often for spiritual purposes, for at least 5,500 years.