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Wolf K wrote: Mark Herbert wrote: Of the many plants of ethnopharmacological interest which I grow in my yard, I am particularly fond of my Brugmansias. I have several in pots and a few in the ground. They are perennial in my zone (7b), dying back to the ground each winter. This one grows to about 8-9 feet tall each summer and has very large leaves up to 18" long, and big double creamy white flowers. The flowers are practically odorless in the day, but as soon as the sun sets they exude a powerfully hypnotic fragrance which is said to cause intense nightmares if you should have one planted outside your bedroom window. All parts of this plant are poisonous, containing tropane alkaloids which have been used by shamans for time immemorial for divination and healing. And killing rivals.... Indeed. And that failing, driving them permanently insane. |
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