Ocotea cymbarum

Ocotea cymbarum is a species of Ocotea in the Lauraceae plant family. It is an evergreen tree found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The essential oils from Ocotea cymbarum are often used in the synthesis of MDMA (contracted from 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine); a psychoactive drug of the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine and substituted amphetamine classes of drugs that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. Pharmacologically, MDMA acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent and reuptake inhibitor.