Maconha Brava - Zornia latifolia

Botanical name: Zornia latifolia

Other names: Maconha Brava, Zornia, Tencilla, Barba de Burro, Herbe Canard

Family: Fabaceae

Distribution: South America, West Africa, Central America

Origin : Peru

Very little is known about traditional use of Zornia latifolia. A quote from Plants of the Gods (Schultes & Hofmann, 1992) stipulates that it was used by indigenous people in South America and Brazil. Experience from travelling in South America showed us that it is indeed known by indigenous and traditional people in Peru and Brazil.

Zornia latifolia is a perennial herb with stems of 20 to 50 cm long, glabrous or pubescent, with a prostrate growth habit and intense branching. Stipules lanceolate, striate, to 1 cm long. Leaves bifoliate. Leaflets lanceolate-oblong, acute at the apex, glabrous or pubescent, 1 to 4 cm long. Inflorescence a terminal peduncled spike, flowers alternate, 1 to 35 per inflorescence, bractlets stipuliform, to 1.5 cm long, nearly enclosing the flower. Calyx hyaline, 4 mm long, ciliate. Petals yellow, approximately 1 cm long. Pods two- to-eight jointed, shortly beaked, more or less spiny, pubescent, the inferior margin deeply crenate, the superior margin nearly straight, joints rounded, 2 to 3 mm long and wide (Pulle, 1976; Jutzi and Nosberger, 1984).

Our Maconha brava

Our Maconha brava is higher quality because it's freshly harvested by knowledgeable family farmers, as well as it's stored in the cold and dark. It contains a high content of essential oils.

Our Maconha brava is ethically harvested by local family farmers.

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Our products are of the highest quality but they have not been certified by the FDA neither Health Canada for human consumption. Therefore, we have to specify that they cannot be sold for human consumption. They are sold for incense and soap making purposes, decorative purposes and/or legitimate ethnobotanical research. The information given about the plants is for academic purposes only and not intended to be used medically. TrancePlants, its suppliers, agents, employees and distributors cannot be held accountable for any misuse of the products offered.