Datura stramonium

Jimsonweed

The term "jimsonweed" is a corruption of "Jamestown weed", in reference to the fact that in 1676 cooks mistakenly added this species to salads eaten by English soldiers at Jamestown, Virginia.

Isolated Chemicals:

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...)
• King's American Dispensatory (homepage, more info)
  Excellent reference for plants and preparations
  • King's American Dispensatory entry for Datura stramonium
    Overview of plant, chemistry and use (related items...)

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Images:

• Datura stramonium Specimen
  Color photograph of thorny seed pod.
• Datura stramonium
  Flower and leaves
• Datura inoxia seeds
  A high quality super macro shot of Datura inoxia seeds

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Trip Reports:

• Meeting the Medicine Woman: A shamanic voyage into Datura space
  Substances: Datura stramonium

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