Chagropanga (Diplopterys cabrerana) is the DMT-bearing admixture plant used in Colombian and Ecuadorian yagé, in place of the Peruvian chacruna (Psychotria viridis). The difference is pharmacologically significant: chagropanga contains approximately 2.4 mg/g of DMT versus 0.94 mg/g in chacruna, meaning Colombian brews can carry meaningfully higher concentrations of the active compound (Chambers et al., 2020; Brito-da-Costa et al., 2020). Experienced practitioners describe the character of the experience as distinctly different as a result. It is one of the concrete reasons the yagé tradition is not simply a regional name variation on Peruvian ayahuasca.
