Salvia divinorum - Revision history

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2009-04-24T18:06:57Z

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Raffi: rv - not a forum, and not about the plant at all.

2009-03-06T17:40:00Z

rv - not a forum, and not about the plant at all.

Salviadivinorum at 17:25, 6 March 2009

2009-03-06T17:25:44Z

Raffi at 17:47, 11 February 2009

2009-02-11T17:47:52Z

Raffi at 17:47, 11 February 2009

2009-02-11T17:47:07Z

Raffi: more info and cleanup

2008-09-20T00:10:42Z

more info and cleanup

Raffi: added cultivation and propagation information

2008-09-19T23:59:50Z

added cultivation and propagation information

Raffi: changed focus to plant itself, not uses

2008-09-19T22:07:00Z

changed focus to plant itself, not uses

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Envoy at 03:36, 14 June 2007

2007-06-14T03:36:07Z

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 * [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4829797616419921428 Sacred Weeds: Salvia divinorum] - feature length video documentary
 * [http://www.matrixmasters.net/blogs/?p=129 Daniel Siebert interview] - audio podcast
+http://www.salviasociety.org -A US-based website that sells extract and other Salvia preparations to many countries. Also has lots of information about Salvia usage.
 ===Botany===
 * [http://members.cox.net/sageseeds/ Grow your own Salvia divinorum seeds] - an illustrated step by step guide to hand pollination and seeds

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 * [http://www.drugs-forum.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=35 Drugs forum - Salvia divinorum]
 * [http://www.salviasource.org Salvia Source]
 * [http://www.psychonaut.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=11&page=viewforum&f=8&lang=en Psychonaut.com's Salvia forum]
 * [http://www.salvia-community.net/International-f16.html International section of the 'Salvia Community']
 [[Category:Salvia divinorum]]

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 * [http://www.drugs-forum.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=35 Drugs forum - Salvia divinorum]
 * [http://www.salviasource.org Salvia Source]
 * [http://www.psychonaut.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=11&page=viewforum&f=8&lang=en Psychonaut.com's Salvia forum]
 * [http://www.salvia-community.net/International-f16.html International section of the 'Salvia Community']
 [[Category:Salvia divinorum]]

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 {{Plantbox
 | color = IndianRed
-| common_names = Diviner's Sage, Magic Mint, others (see text)
+| common_names = Salvia, Diviner's Sage, Magic Mint, others (see text)
 | growth_habit = Herbaceous Perennial
 | high = 6-8ft (1.8-2.4m)

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 {{Plantbox
 | color = IndianRed
-| common_names = numerous - see text
+| common_names = Diviner's Sage, Magic Mint, others (see text)
-| growth_habit = [[Corm]]
+| growth_habit = Herbaceous Perennial
 | high = 6-8ft (1.8-2.4m)
 | lifespan = [[Tender perennial]]
 | exposure = Partial sun, Indoors
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 | image_width = 240px
 | image_caption = Three well established ''Salvia divinorum'' plants.
 }}
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 The history of the plant is not known, but there are three possibilities as to its origin. Since it is found in one small area and only one indigenous group uses it, it is either native to this area, is a cultigen of the Mazatecs, or is a cultigen of another indigenous group.<ref name="Marushia2002p6" /> Wasson theorized that this plant was the mythological [[pipilzintzintli]], the "Noble Prince" of the [[Aztec]] [[codex|codices]].<ref name="Valdes1983p288" /> However, this theory is not without dispute. The Aztecs were extremely knowledgeable in plant identification, and their records report that ''pipilzintzintli'' has both male and female varieties. ''Salvia divinorum'', however, is [[monoecious]], meaning it produces flowers of both sexes on a single plant. Skeptics of this theory report that the Aztecs would have known the difference between male and female flowers. Wasson gains validity, however, as a number of Aztec historical accounts classify plants as male or female in a metaphorical, rather than botanically anatomical manner.
 ==External links==

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 Unlike other species of salvia, ''Salvia divinorum'' produces few seeds, and those seldom germinate. For an unknown reason, pollen fertility is reduced. There is no active pollen tube inhibition within the style, but some event or process after the pollen tube reaches the ovary is aberrant.<ref name="Reisfield1993">{{Harvnb|Reisfield|1993}}.</ref> Partial sterility is often suggestive of a hybrid origin, although no species have been recognized as possible parent species. The ability to grow indistinguishable plants from seeds produced by self pollination also weakens the hybrid theory of origin, instead implying [[inbreeding depression]], or an undiscovered incompatibility mechanism. The plant is mainly propagated by cuttings or [[layering]]. Although isolated strands of ''S. divinorum'' exist, these are thought to have been purposely created and tended by the [[Mazatec]] people. For this reason, it is considered a true cultigen, not occurring in a wild state.<ref name="Marushia2002p3" />
-All known specimens are clones from a small number of collected plants. Two strains are in major circulation: the [[R. Gordon Wasson|Wasson]]/[[Albert Hofmann|Hofmann]] strain, obtained upon request from a Mazatec shaman in [[Oaxaca]] in 1962, and the Blosser ('Palatable') strain, obtained around 1980. The Palatable strain is said to have a more acceptable taste than the Wasson/Hofmann strain, although most reports suggest that there is little difference.
+All known specimens are clones from a small number of collected plants. Two strains are in major circulation: the Wasson/Hofmann strain, obtained upon request from a Mazatec shaman in [[Oaxaca]] in 1962, and the Blosser ('Palatable') strain, obtained around 1980. The Palatable strain is said to have a more acceptable taste than the Wasson/Hofmann strain, although most reports suggest that there is little difference.
 Additional commercial strains are in circulation, but all seem to be similar in potency, effect, and growth. The numerous different names have more to do with marketing than with the formal identification of botanically distinct strains.
 ==Pests and diseases==
 ==Uses==
 ==History==
 ==Taxonomy==
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 | binomial_authority = Epling & Játiva<ref name="Valdés1983p287">{{Harvnb|Valdés|Díaz|Paul|1983|p=287}}.</ref>
 }}
 ==Distribution and habitat==

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 ==Cultivation==
 ==Propagation==
 Unlike other species of salvia, ''Salvia divinorum'' produces few seeds, and those seldom germinate. For an unknown reason, pollen fertility is reduced. There is no active pollen tube inhibition within the style, but some event or process after the pollen tube reaches the ovary is aberrant.<ref name="Reisfield1993">{{Harvnb|Reisfield|1993}}.</ref> Partial sterility is often suggestive of a hybrid origin, although no species have been recognized as possible parent species. The ability to grow indistinguishable plants from seeds produced by self pollination also weakens the hybrid theory of origin, instead implying [[inbreeding depression]], or an undiscovered incompatibility mechanism. The plant is mainly propagated by cuttings or [[layering]]. Although isolated strands of ''S. divinorum'' exist, these are thought to have been purposely created and tended by the [[Mazatec]] people. For this reason, it is considered a true cultigen, not occurring in a wild state.<ref name="Marushia2002p3" />