Chewing barks
Bauhinia spp., Clerodendrum spp. …
spice
⚠️ Psychoactive
The app never suggests a psychoactive plant, and no milestone asks you to take one.
They go with areca nut in the quid, or replace it — a carcinogenic stimulant.
If you feel unwell after taking it, even several hours later, call Poison Control (1-800-222-1222) or 911.
Astringent barks of a vine, a shrub and a tree of Southeast Asia, chewed instead of areca nut, or with it.
- Origin
- Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
- Season (United States)
- all year round
- Preparation
- They are chewed at length, like a betel quid.
- Did you know?
- The vine, Bauhinia winitii, grows nowhere but Thailand.