Datura (Angel's Trumpet)

[Peter Billinghurst]

I read somewhere that the hallucinogenic qualities were used by native
Americans and that one of the species had religious significance.  Can any
one cast light on this?

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Peter Billinghurst
peterjbilling at msn.com
Pixie wrote in message <37FDD5F0.382B at access.mountain.net>...
>Someone sent me Datura seeds last year.  I started them inside in April
>and planted them outside after frosts.
>
>All of them have seed pods (Round pods with pickers all over them?) but
>only one got ripe.  That is, only one turned brown.
>
>We were expecting hard frost so yesterday I removed several pods and
>brought them into the house but most were green yet.  Will these seeds
>be viable?
>
>I know nothing about Datura.