Datura is a genus of flowering plant from the nightshade family with sweet-scented and trumpet-shaped flowers known across the world for their potential as a poison, medicine, and entheogen. Datura thrives throughout the globe in tropical and temperate climates, sometimes even in strange conditions, like near landfills and roadsides.
Of the nine datura species, the best known are Datura innoxia for its well-documented use in pre-Colombian America, Datura metel for its use in traditional Chinese medicine, and Datura stramonium for its long history of use in sacred rituals. Other names for the Datura plants are Jimsonweed, Moonflower, Devil’s Weed, and Devil’s Trumpet.
In its wide variety of traditional uses, the seeds, leaves, flowers, roots, and stems of Datura plants are ingested, smoked, or made into a skin ointment. Certain preparations produce highly visionary experiences, which are characterized by lasting delirium and realistic hallucinations, including visitations from long-dead relatives.
Fatal overdoses and adverse reactions are very common with datura. Advocates of the plant rarely recommend it without extreme caution.
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