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{{About|a plant|a town in Lebanon|Hermel}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Harmal
| image = Peganum harmala1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Harmal (''Peganum harmala'') flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Nitrariaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Peganum]]''
| species = '''''P. harmala'''''
| binomial = ''Peganum harmala''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
[[Image:Peganum harmala0.jpg|thumb|left|Harmal seed capsules]]
'''Harmal''' (''Peganum harmala'') is a [[plant]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Nitrariaceae]], native from the eastern [[Mediterranean]] region east to [[India]]. It is also sometimes known as Syrian Rue, a confusing name as it is not related to [[rue]] (''Ruta'', family Rutaceae).
==Traditional uses==
It has been used as an [[entheogen]] in the Middle East, and in modern Western culture, it is often used as an analogue of ''[[Banisteriopsis caapi]]'' to create [[Ayahuasca]], a South American entheogen. Syrian Rue, however, has a distinctly different chemical makeup than caapi, and a unique character of its own.
In Turkey, dried capsules from this plant are strung and hung in homes and vehicles to protect against the evil eye.
In Iran, dried capsules - mixed with other ingredients - are burnt so as to produce a light, distinctly scented smoke. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, to be linked to its believed entheogenic properties. This practice, which roots back in pre-Islamic - Zoroastrian - times, is still used by the Iranians.
The active [[alkaloid]]s of Harmal [[seed]]s are the [[MAOI]] ('''M'''ono'''A'''mine '''O'''xidase '''I'''nhibitor) compounds [[harmine]], [[harmaline]], and [[tetrahydroharmine]] (collectively known as [[harmala alkaloid]]s).
{{Commons|Peganum harmala}}
==External links==
*[http://www.erowid.org/plants/syrian_rue/syrian_rue.shtml Erowid Syrian Rue Vault]
[[Category:Entheogens]]
[[Category:Herbal and fungal hallucinogens]]
[[Category:Monoamine oxidase inhibitors]]
[[Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers]]
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Ayahuasca]]
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Harmal
| image = Peganum harmala1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Harmal (''Peganum harmala'') flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Nitrariaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Peganum]]''
| species = '''''P. harmala'''''
| binomial = ''Peganum harmala''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
[[Image:Peganum harmala0.jpg|thumb|left|Harmal seed capsules]]
'''Harmal''' (''Peganum harmala'') is a [[plant]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Nitrariaceae]], native from the eastern [[Mediterranean]] region east to [[India]]. It is also sometimes known as Syrian Rue, a confusing name as it is not related to [[rue]] (''Ruta'', family Rutaceae).
==Traditional uses==
It has been used as an [[entheogen]] in the Middle East, and in modern Western culture, it is often used as an analogue of ''[[Banisteriopsis caapi]]'' to create [[Ayahuasca]], a South American entheogen. Syrian Rue, however, has a distinctly different chemical makeup than caapi, and a unique character of its own.
In Turkey, dried capsules from this plant are strung and hung in homes and vehicles to protect against the evil eye.
In Iran, dried capsules - mixed with other ingredients - are burnt so as to produce a light, distinctly scented smoke. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, to be linked to its believed entheogenic properties. This practice, which roots back in pre-Islamic - Zoroastrian - times, is still used by the Iranians.
The active [[alkaloid]]s of Harmal [[seed]]s are the [[MAOI]] ('''M'''ono'''A'''mine '''O'''xidase '''I'''nhibitor) compounds [[harmine]], [[harmaline]], and [[tetrahydroharmine]] (collectively known as [[harmala alkaloid]]s).
{{Commons|Peganum harmala}}
==External links==
*[http://www.erowid.org/plants/syrian_rue/syrian_rue.shtml Erowid Syrian Rue Vault]
[[Category:Entheogens]]
[[Category:Herbal and fungal hallucinogens]]
[[Category:Monoamine oxidase inhibitors]]
[[Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers]]
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Ayahuasca]]
