Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Hordenin - Hordenine.svg|thumb|right|250px|[[Hordenine]], an alkaloid found in ''Trichocereus macrogonus'' var. ''pachanoi'']]

[[Image:Echinopsis-pachanoi-peru.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Trichocereus macrogonus'' var. ''pachanoi'', San Pedro Cactus, the tall cactus in the mid-foreground, in its natural habitat in Peru. Several fruits with shrivelled flowers can be seen.]]

</ref> [[Nazca culture]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Socha |first1=Dagmara M. |last2=Sykutera |first2=Marzena |last3=Orefici |first3=Giuseppe |date=2022-12-01 |title=Use of psychoactive and stimulant plants on the south coast of Peru from the Early Intermediate to Late Intermediate Period |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science |language=en |volume=148 |pages=105688 |doi=10.1016/j.jas.2022.105688 |bibcode=2022JArSc.148j5688S |s2cid=252954052 |issn=0305-4403|doi-access=free }}</ref> and [[Chavín culture]]. Although [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] church authorities{{Who|date=December 2012}} after the Spanish conquest attempted to suppress its use,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larco |first1=Laura |title=Más allá de los encantos – Documentos sobre extirpación de idolatrías, Trujillo |chapter=Archivo Arquidiocesano de Trujillo Sección Idolatrías. (Años 1768-1771) |series=Travaux de l'IFEA |date=2008 |publisher=IFEA Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |location=Lima |pages=67–87 |isbn=9782821844537 |url=https://books.openedition.org/ifea/4938 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> this failed, as shown by the Christian element in the common name "San Pedro cactus" – [[Saint Peter]] cactus. The name is attributed{{By whom|date=December 2012}} to the belief that just as St Peter holds the keys to heaven, the effects of the cactus allow users "to reach heaven while still on earth."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Edward F. |year=2001 |title=The Cactus Family |location=Pentland, Oregon |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-0-88192-498-5 }} pp. 45–49.</ref> In 2022, the Peruvian Ministry of Culture declared the traditional use of San Pedro cactus in northern Peru as [[cultural heritage]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-17 |title=Declaran Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación a los conocimientos, saberes y usos del cactus San Pedro |url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/197142-declaran-patrimonio-cultural-de-la-nacion-a-los-conocimientos-saberes-y-usos-del-cactus-san-pedro |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=elperuano.pe |language=es}}</ref>