Home › Words › I › ibogaibogaiboga means tabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub and a source of the hallucinogen ibogaine.EtymologyFrom Myene iboga.nounTabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub and a source of the hallucinogen ibogaine.e.g.“The powdered bark (especially the root bark) of the iboga shrub is consumed by the natives of Gabon and part of the Congo in the initiation rites of a number of secret societies.” — 1985, Richard Alan Miller, The Magical and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs, page 41:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ibogaine 77% match — A naturally-occurring psychoactive compound found in a number of plants, principally iboga (Tabernanthe iboga), and used for medicinal and ritual purposes in African spiritual traditions of the Bwiti. Its use in opioid addiction treatment seems promising but has safety issues. vs iboga →voacangine 61% match — 12-methoxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester, a tryptamine derivative and iboga alkaloid found predominantly in the rootbark of the tree Voacanga africana. vs iboga →caapi 60% match — A hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, used medicinally by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. vs iboga →duboisia 56% match — duboisine vs iboga →cohoba 54% match — A traditional Taino ceremony in which the ground seeds of the cojóbana tree were inhaled in a special pipe, producing a psychedelic effect. vs iboga →ipecac 54% match — The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine. vs iboga →ebene 54% match — A psychoactive material, variously described as obtained from plants of either the genus Virola or of Anadenanthera peregrina, used ritually as snuff by the Yanomamo people of South America. vs iboga →ayahuasca 53% match — A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties. vs iboga →