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accidentally saw this on wikipedia "There is evidence that the clinical effects of plants including N. caerulea that contain the psychoactive alkaloid apomorphine were known to both the Mayans and the Ancient Egyptians" but i always thought apomorphine is synthetic derivative and as i can see from the wiki page it never mentions its natural existence in any plant. it does however mention its use as a drug and shows its generic names therefore im assuming with lack of refferences it doesnt exist naturally and yet i see it now being mentioned in few species of lotus as the one foremost mentioned.

any help here, does apomorphine exist in nature or not and what are the sources, does lotus actually have any and which parts?