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If you've heard of the Datura stramonium plant (it has many names, including the commonly used "jimson weed"), you've likely heard about its hallucinogenic effects, or, perhaps, how it may be used to ...

The Datura genus, which includes stramonium, encompasses a number of plant species that have featured heavily in the traditional medicine and popular culture of countries such as Mexico and Spain.

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THE Jimson weed, Datura stramonium, is an annual herb, growing wild in most parts of the United States. The attractive, small white flowers bloom late in the spring; the spinous capsule, which is its ...

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