Datura

Genus of about 20 plants rich in tropane alkaloids.

The use of various datura species as inebriants has been encountered throughout the world. The name derives from the Indian dhattura, where it is believed to have sprouted from the chest of Shiva, and is smoked together with Cannabis.

Documents:

• The Genus Datura: From Research Subject to Powerful Hallucinogen
  A well rounded article on the Datura species, from Ethnobotanical Leaflets
• Datura and Brugmansia species as Sacred Plants and Medicines
  Concerned mostly with indigenous use

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Contacts and URLs:

• Domain of Datura (homepage, more info)
  Information on datura and related plants.
  • The Many Tongues of Datura
    Links to Solanaceae information in various languages (related items...)
• Erowid (homepage, more info)
  "Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives"
  • Datura Vault (related items...)

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Images:

• Datura inoxia (meteloides)
  Another outdoor specimen
• Datura metel - Double Purple variety
  A nice outdoor specimen
• Datura inoxia seeds
  A high quality super macro shot of Datura inoxia seeds
• Datura metel Cornicopia variety
  A beautiful flower - outdoor specimen
• Datura metel - Double Yellow Variety
  From a D. metel specimen growing outdoors
• Datura seeds - asstd variety
  A group of asstd datura seeds

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Trip Reports:

• Smokable Datura: A brief account
  Substances: Datura
• Delerium at the Campground: A very detailed report
  Substances: Datura
• Cops, Bark Clothing, and Xena: Author's conclusion: Don't try Datura!
  Substances: Datura
• A slip into the delusional state: Blurry vision one month after the trip
  Substances: Datura
• Datura Tea: And non-existent teatimes
  Substances: Datura
• Datura- The Temptress: a scary encounter
  Substances: Datura
• Datura meteloides: a collection of experiments
  Substances: Datura
• Birds in my room, and I didn't care: I can make you a star.
  Substances: Datura metel, Datura
• Eye Paralysis: This one wasn't much fun
  Substances: Datura
• Building up in the System: Painful Datura dreaming
  Substances: Datura

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Children:

• Datura inoxia (D. meteloides; "Toloache")
• Datura metel (Hindu datura)
• Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed)
• Datura tatula (Tolache. Thornapple. Devil's Apple. Jamestown-weed. Jimson-weed. Stinkweed. Devil's Trumpet. Apple of Peru.)
  Still used by Zapotec shamans in Oaxaca
• Datura wrightii