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| routes = Oral | | routes = Oral | ||
| mechanism = Caffeine (highest of the ''Ilex'' genus) plus saponins that produce ritual vomiting at high doses. | | mechanism = Caffeine (highest of the ''Ilex'' genus) plus saponins that produce ritual vomiting at high doses. | ||
| intro = Black Drink is ''Ilex yopo'' | | intro = Black Drink is ''Ilex yopo'', wait, no, ''Ilex vomitoria'', the only caffeine-bearing plant native to North America, distributed across the US southeast. Used ceremonially by Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chitimacha and many other tribes for purification before council, war, or ball games. Sometimes brewed to induce vomiting, sometimes drunk weak as a stimulant. | ||
| seealso = [[Yerba mate]], [[Yopo]] | | seealso = [[Yerba mate]], [[Yopo]] | ||
| references = <references/> | | references = <references/> | ||