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Rainforest vs Iboga - What's the difference?

rainforest | iboga |

As nouns the difference between rainforest and iboga

is that rainforest is a forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season while iboga is species: Tabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub and a source of the hallucinogen ibogaine.

rainforest

English

(wikipedia rainforest)

Alternative forms

* rain forest

Noun

  • A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
  • * 2002', Chris C. Park, ''Tropical '''Rainforests , page 27,
    • Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest .
  • * 2004', Nigel E. Stork, ''24: The Theory and Practice of Planning for Long-Term Conservation of Biodiversity of Wet Tropics '''Rainforests in Australia'', Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick, Craig Moritz (editors), ''Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present, and Future , page 508
    • Tropical rainforests' in Australia have suffered a fate similar in many ways to that of ' rainforests elsewhere in the world, but considerable progress in safeguarding the future of what remains has been made.
  • * 2014', Nick Hunter, '''''Rainforests , page 38,
    • Enjoy your visit to the rainforests , because the next time you go there things could be very different.

    Synonyms

    * jungle, tropical forest

    iboga

    English

    (Tabernanthe iboga) (Tabernanthe iboga)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (taxlink), a perennial rainforest shrub and a source of the hallucinogen ibogaine.
  • * 1985 , Richard Alan Miller, The Magical and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs , page 41,
    • 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.
  • * 2004 , Chris D. Meletis, Jason E. Barker, Herbs and Nutrients for the Mind: A Guide to Natural Brain Enhancers , page 15,
    • Native to Africa, Iboga' has been used ceremonially as a hallucinogen. A powerful medicinal plant, ' Iboga has several pharmacological effects that have led it to be employed in the use of breaking addictive cycles, including tobacco and alcohol addiction.
  • * 2009 , Marlene Dobkin de Rios, The Psychedelic Journey of Marlene Dobkin de Rios , page 85,
    • Under the influence of iboga , the Bwiti initiates are able to communicate directly with an assembly of dead ones—a chain of ancestors.
    The initiate falls to the ground in a stupor after drinking the iboga brew.

    Derived terms

    * ibogaine