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name: syrian rue plant
image: SS3_freetekno_ancient_sufi_syrian rue.PNG
archetype: Freetekno
swag_score: 3
date_added: "2025-01-10"
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# syrian rue plant

## Visual Elements

a handful of pinnately compound leaves.

## Cultural Context

Syrian rue contains harmine, one of the same MAO inhibitors found in ayahuasca. It has been used as a psychoactive sacrament across the Middle East and Central Asia for millennia, and some researchers believe it may be the legendary soma of ancient Vedic texts.

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## Justification

The Middle Eastern cousin of ayahuasca's MAO inhibitor. Its presence makes the case that the ayahuasca mechanism was discovered independently across continents.
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**Dominant Colors:** green
**Archetype:** freetekno
**Ancestor:** [sufi](../../../core-lore/ancestors/sufis.md), syrian
**Swag Score:** 3
**Date Added:** 2025-01-10