About Acacia confusa

Acacia confusa is a perennial tree native to South-East Asia. Some local names for it are Acacia Petit Feuille, Small Philippine Acacia, Formosa Acacia (Taiwan Acacia) and Formosan Koa. It grows to a height of 15 m. The tree has become very common in many tropical Pacific areas, including Hawaii, where the species is considered invasive.

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Uses

Acacia confusa wood has a density of about 0.75 g/cm³. In Taiwan, its wood is used to make support beams for underground mines. The wood is also converted to charcoal for family use. Acacia confusa is used in traditional medicine and is available from herbal medicine shops (草藥店) in Taiwan, but there has been no clinical study to support its effectiveness.

Acacia confusa contains high concentrations of psychoactive tryptamines in its root and trunk bark. It appears attractive for use in ayahuasca analogs, though at this point, experience with such preparations remains limited. Little research has been done, successful ayahuasca preparations and direct oral activity using the root bark and trunk bark have been reported.

Ayahuasca analogs prepared with Acacia confusa bark are known as Formosahuasca (after Formosa acacia, i.e., the beautiful acacia, presumably after Ilha Formosa, i.e., the beautiful island, the original Portuguese name for Taiwan), or alternatively as Chinahuasca or Asian Ayahuasca.

Here a report that the n-butanol-methanol extract obtained from Acacia confusa, referred as ACSB-M4, may serve as a potential protective agent for use in the management of patients with chronic HCV (hepatitis C virus) infection.

External links

• Acacia confusa on DMT-Nexus Wiki
• Acacia confusa & Formosahuasca on DMT-Nexus
• Acacia confusa on Wikipedia
• Acacia confusa on Erowid
• Acacia confusa on Realitysandwich