mariri

noun. UK: məri ri | US: məriri 1. Bot. Vine belonging to the Polygalales order, Malpighiaceae family, Banisteriopsis genus, Banisteriopsis caapi species. Native of the Amazon region, the mariri is characterized by being a vigorous vine, with long woody branches, cylindrical and with clear fissures or xylopodes, which branch repeatedly. It contains the β-carbolines harmine, harmaline, harmol and tetrahydroharmine, monoamine-oxidase enzyme inhibitors (MAOI). Other common names: Jagube, Liana, Yagé, Caapi. 2. Vine whose woody part, together with the leaves of the chacrona tree (Psychotria viridis), is used in the preparation of the entheogenic tea called Hoasca (also known as Ayahuasca, Vegetal or Daime) by traditional indigenous and mestizo peoples of the Amazon in shamanic rituals and as a sacrament by some religious denominations, such as the União do Vegetal, Santo Daime, Barquinha and Alto Santo.