'Ello all,

I'm about to take a trip to Hawaii. Now, in my unending quest for spice-plants, I had a couple of questions about Hawaiin acacias...
First off, Acacia podalyriifolia. The only source on this as a spice-plant said that the fresh bark had up to 2%. I know that that's probably unrealistic, but I was wondering if that's only the fresh bark? Would drying the bark affect the DMT content?

Aaaand... there's acacia confusa. Any experiences with that? Easy to find? Worth extracting from? Just curious. That seems to be the more plentiful of the two.

Now, for anyone who's worried, I'm not considering going to Hawaii and raping a lot of native flora then heading back to the continental 48, just taking a couple of botanical samples home to play with. Anybody have experience with them? Or other Hawaiin spice-plants?

I've heard a lot about ethnobotanicals in general in connection with Hawaii. UH is a university where one can major in ethnobotany, not to mention that Terence McKenna had his farm on Hawai'i. I'll be staying in Kona, which I've heard is sorta nearby, and I've seen the occasional mention on the interwebs that he planted salvia (the right kind) all over the island. It sounds like this could be a good trip; even San Pedro grows in some places. I'd really like to see it growing "wild". If anybody has some tidibit to pitch in about this, I'd appreciate it.

cheers

For the rec, there's acacia confusa growing ALL OVER THE PLACE. Also a few big Trichocerus-like cacti around, and much wild HBWR lurking about if you know where to look... I'm going to try to get some root bark and extract it when I get home. Not a bad place to be!

How did it turn out? Did you find anything? Is there any information about visiting McKenna's farm--I have heard it is still being looked after...