Virola theiodora is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and Venezuela.
It is used as a medicine and a poison. The Yanomami people use the powdered resin as an entheogen known as nyakwána which is inhaled or "snuffed" into the nasal cavity, it contains a high concentration of 5-MeO-DMT and DMT.
Virola theiodora extracts have weak antibacterial activity against Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus.
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