..Sigtyr..

I agree with your identification of A.Retinodes. Pictures of any seed pods would help confirm said identification. Regarding its alkaloid profile, very little information exists around A.Retinodes. Information here (specifically post 97) suggests tryptamine content of 0.02% or below. If you have the resources, attempting an extraction on phyllode and twig material may give yields. If it doesn't, at least you are aiding research into this unique specimen. I hope this helps!

..Sigtyr..

I agree with your identification of A.Retinodes. Pictures of any seed pods would help confirm said identification. Regarding its alkaloid profile, very little information exists around A.Retinodes. Information here (specifically post 97) suggests tryptamine content of 0.02% or below. If you have the resources, attempting an extraction on phyllode and twig material may give yields. If it doesn't, at least you are aiding research into this unique specimen. I hope this helps!

1- First do an initial homework on what plants of interest grow in your area.

If it's a suspected Acacia, look up the Acacia Information Thread, see if you can find any info about your geographical area. If it's a suspected Mimosa, look at the Mimosa spp. workthread, if it's a suspected Phalaris read the Phalaris Analysis thread to find if there's any relevant info.

You can look up the information to know the plants that contain interesting alkaloids. For example the DMT Wiki (or 5-MeO-DMT wiki)


2- Do your own preliminary guesswork before asking others. What do you think is the plant you found? To get some idea on what it could be, check the information threads mentioned in point 1 above, and also you can use plant-identifying phone apps like PlantSnap or pl@ntnet to help trying to narrow down suspected ID's.


3- Take detailed pictures of the different plant parts (overall plant, leaf close up front and back, seedpods and flower close ups if they are there). Often to differentiate between species the details are important, so blurry bad quality pictures or single pictures with no close ups or details of different plant parts are not enough.

4- Post your ID request in the Acacia /Mimosa ID thread if it's a suspected Acacia or Mimosa, or make a new thread if it's a differen't plant. Be sure to say what plant you think it is, and include information such as general geographic area, the detailed pics above, and any possible differences you may have seen with the plant you think it is.

5- If your plant gets identified and you plan on harvesting, please only harvest sustainably! Check this post for more information

6- It is recommended that you do some sort of basic analysis to see if plant has the alkaloids of interest before consuming. Simplest method would be getting a reagent like Ehrlich, doing a simple ethanol soak on a small amount of your suspected plant material, and after evapping the ethanol you use a drop of ehrlich on the extract. If it turns purple, its a good indication there are related alkaloids, it is not a final identification but at least it's a good sign. One can also use TLC kits for more accurate identification of compounds, or go for a full lab test which is being offered for free for Nexians (as of sept 2018, check the thread for updates).