Hyoscyamus niger (botany)

Hyoscyamus niger is known to cause dangerous and extremely unpleasant experiences.

Please use responsible use practices when trying this drug and always have a trip sitter.

Hyoscyamus niger (botany)
Drawing of H. niger
Taxonomical nomenclature
Kingdom	Plantae
Unranked	Angiosperms
Unranked	Eudicots
Unranked	Asterids
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae
Genus	Hyoscyamus
Species	H. niger
Common nomenclature
Common names	Henbane, Stinking nightshade
Constituents
Active constituents	Tropane alkaloids

Hyoscyamus niger, commonly known as henbane, black henbane, or stinking nightshade, is a deliriant plant in the family Solanaceae.

Chemistry

The leaves and herbage contain S-(–)-hyoscyamine and S-(–)-scopolamine. Trace amounts of aposcopolamine, not scopolamine, littorine, tropine, cuscohygrine, tigloidine, and tigloyloxytropane have also been found.

History

In the play Macbeth, by Shakespeare, when Banquo and Macbeth just had the encounter with the three witches, Banquo says in act 1 scene 3, (after encountering the witches and hearing their prophecies, Banquo wonders if they have been hallucinating. He says: "Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner?" In this quote, the, "Insane Root" refers to Hyocyamus Niger, as Hyocyamus Niger was gaining popularity in Europe in the time of Shakespeare.

External links

• Hyoscyamus niger (Wikipedia)
• Henbane (Erowid Vault)