Your backyard may be a place of peace, play, and plant life—but some of that greenery could be more dangerous than it looks.

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The thorn apple plant, commonly known as Datura in India, is a powerhouse of many beauty and medical components. The parts of the plant are mentioned in folklore, and spiritual medication.

Gallery 114’s Nature-Inspired Group Art Show Explores Ecological Mysticism On view through Nov. 2, “Hyphae” includes dream trees, sad spiders and shrines to toxic datura flowers.

Don't be deceived by its gorgeous blooming flowers — there is much more to this plant than meets the eye. Datura stramonium, commonly known as jimsonweed, thorn apple, or devil's trumpet, is a weed ...

Datura, commonly known as jimsonweed or devil’s trumpet, played a significant role in Chumash culture as both a medicinal plant and a spiritual tool.

Lord Shiva - Datura Datura, also known as Thorn Apple, is a flower associated with Lord Shiva. It is said that ‘bhaang, datura and bel patta’ are what please Shiv ji the most.

As datura is extracted from a flower, it’s believed people think it won’t be as harmful as manufactured drugs. But that isn’t necessarily true.

Also known as Yellow Oleander, this plant contains toxic cardiac glycosides and can be lethal if ingested. While a staple food, improperly processed cassava contains cyanogenic glycosides, releasing ...

Native to Mexico and the southwestern U.S., Datura wrightii is now widespread across West, Central, and North Texas, as well as Southern California and other hot, dry parts of the country.