Jurema Preta is published by the team behind Avalon Magic Plants, a smartshop in the Netherlands. Avalon sells jurema preta seeds, heating mats for sowing and the tree's root bark, and the product links on this site go to that shop. When you buy through such a link, we earn from the sale.
We say this first because it matters for how you read the rest. We wanted one place that describes jurema preta properly as a tree, with sources: how to recognise it, how it lives through the Caatinga year, how to grow it, where the tradition comes from, why the bark dyes, and what the law says in the countries our readers live in. That includes the countries where we advise against ordering.
How the information is put together
- Botany, growing data and seasonal measurements come from Brazilian and Mexican research, above all the Embrapa monograph on the species, and from peer-reviewed papers. Each page links its sources.
- Legal statements come from the legal texts themselves and from court records, checked on the date shown. Where we rely on a summary of a judgment, the page says so.
- Shop descriptions are quoted as the shop's own words.
- We make no medical or health claims of any kind, and we publish no instructions for extracting, preparing or dosing any substance.
- We publish no invented experiences, testimonials or reviews.
Every page shows when it was last updated. If something here is out of date or wrong, Avalon's customer service can pass it on to us.
Who is behind the shop
Avalon Magic Plants ships from the Netherlands and sells only to adults. Its mascot is a small cactus; here it is asleep, like a jurema seed waiting for the rain.
Start with the tree, or read is jurema preta legal before you order.