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Devil's Snare

Datura stramonium

Photo by Sof
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Field Notes

Notes:

Found them in a small village with lots of wild/abandoned zones. It's green thorny fruit made my skin sting slightly for as long as I held them.

Reference Links:

Datura stramonium, Erowid Datura Vaults : Datura stramonium

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Comments (4)
MichelBeeckman
You are welcome, Zariga. I'm always happy to help(: Indeed it is an interesting plant! I have found it myself once and I knew what it was before it crossed my path, so I was pretty thrilled to find it! I have to upload it yet, though.
Sof
Wow! Thanks a lot for the info. The older people of the village couldn't tell me what this one was, though they kept saying the name had something to do with "hell" or "devil". I was right to be curious about it, quite an interesting plant. Thanks!
MichelBeeckman
Here is some awesome info on the usage of the plant. https://www.erowid.org/plants/datura/datura_stramonium.shtml

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PublishedAugust 2, 2014

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