It is still a drug, a hallucinogenic.
In the Caribbean Islands and in South America, piptadenias are known by various popular names, such as cebil, coboba, cohoba, cojoba, curupa, curuva, hataj, kurupa, kurupayara, niopo, nupa, ñopo, parica, vilca, yopo, yupa.
I have never looked for the tree, so I cant even tell you if it exists in the DR.
