$500 pesos (small rooted plant grown from a leaf cutting)
FAMILY: RUBIACEAE
CHACRUNA: Very tender tropical shrub grown in part shade with well-drained acid soil and high humidity. Greenhouse culture is required in most of the temperate world but it is quite easily grown in the tropics and subtropics. Under the proper conditions, it grows rapidly and is propagated by leaf cuttings. It is very difficult to grow from seed as only the freshest seeds will germinate.
The Rubiaceae family includes coffee, chinchona (quinine), kratom and gardenia, among many other useful species.
The leaves are very high in tryptamines and are one of the two main ingredients (along with Banisteriopsis caapi stems) in Amazon Ayahuasca potions. See Banisteriopsis caapi for more information about ayahuasca.