Toloache

Description:

It is a shrubby plant that usually reach a bearing of 60 cm. a meter and a half. The stems and leaves are covered by a short, soft hair, greyish, giving an appearance similar to whole plant shade. Enterísimas and leaves are elliptic, pinnate rib.

Habitat:

Note that the toloache grows in open habitats; under natural conditions are more abundant in the beds of gravel from rivers and streams. In the State of Mexico grows on the slopes of volcanoes, in cultivated fields, appear among the wild grass; its flowers are trumpet-shaped and vary in size, length and color. Finally, the specialist said that it is a plant that grows in damp places such as riverbanks, landfills and sandy places; grows wild in the months of May and October as domestic, you can grow all year.

Notes:

Alkaloids containing this plant and generally containing the Datura, including atropine, scopolamine and hyoscyamine, alkaloids tropane three are, are similar to those of the mandrake, deadly nightshade and black henbane, also They were used with caution as analgesics in antiquity. In the case of Datura, there may be a relatively large variation of toxins from one copy to another, and the degree of toxicity of a copy depends on where it grows, the soil and the climate, but also age plant, which makes it very dangerous to use the Datura as a drug. In ancient cultures a thorough knowledge of plants and experience in their use in order to make use of Datura without risk of death or injury was required.