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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Kanna

| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Aizoaceae]]
| genus = ''Mesembryanthemum (Sceletium)''
| species = '''''S. tortuosum'''''
| binomial = ''Sceletium tortuosum''
}}

'''''Sceletium tortuosum''''' is a [[succulent]] herb commonly found in [[South Africa]], which is also known as '''Kanna''', '''Channa''', '''Kougoed''' (Kauwgoed) - which literally means, 'chew(able) things/goodies' or 'something to chew'. The plant has been used by South African pastoralists and hunter-gatherers as a mood-altering substance from prehistoric times. The earliest written records of the use of the plant date back to 1662. The traditionally prepared dried sceletium was often chewed as a [[quid]], and the saliva swallowed, but it has also been made into gel caps, teas and tinctures. Less commonly, it has been reported that Sceletium used to be inhaled as a snuff, or smoked, usually with the addition of other herbs.