Kava
Piper methysticum
drink
⚠️ Psychoactive
The app never suggests a psychoactive plant, and no milestone asks you to take one.
Do not consume it. A psychoactive drink: extracts made with solvents, or poor-quality kava, have been linked to liver damage.
If you feel unwell after taking it, even several hours later, call Poison Control (1-800-222-1222) or 911.
Bitter root of a pepper plant of the Pacific islands, domesticated in Vanuatu 3,000 years ago: the drink of ceremonies and evenings together.
- Origin
- Northern Vanuatu, then Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia
- Season (United States)
- all year round
- Preparation
- Not to be consumed, neither as a drink nor as an extract.
- Did you know?
- Several countries banned or restricted it in 2002 over safety concerns.