Potatoes are a kitchen staple – but one of their botanical cousins has a much darker reputation.

I have sent a leaf and cone of a plant growing in my garden this year. It has a lot of these cones and big leaves. I have no idea what it is, can you help? (Mrs B Prielis, Toftwood) The plant you have ...

If you've heard of the Datura stramonium plant (it has many names, including the commonly used "jimson weed"), you've likely heard about its hallucinogenic effects, or, perhaps, how it may be used to ...

The Datura genus, which includes stramonium, encompasses a number of plant species that have featured heavily in the traditional medicine and popular culture of countries such as Mexico and Spain.