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Iboga vs Ibogaine: The Difference

Iboga is the plant, ibogaine one of its alkaloids. Why the distinction matters for dose, for legality, and for what people are actually taking.

Published 12 August 2026

Medically reviewed by Marcus Adeyemi, MD, Addiction medicine · 12 August 2026

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Why the distinction matters

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Sources

2 sources · How we source

  1. PubMed Central: open-access reports

    Primary source · PMC

  2. Tabernanthe iboga

    Tertiary source · Wikipedia

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Science journalist, ten years on drug policy and psychedelic medicine. Edits this site and writes most of it. Her working test for any claim about ibogaine is simple: who benefits if I believe this, and what would it take to check?

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