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Hi there shamans I'd like to offer some Atropa Belladonna seeds to anyone who is interessted. It's a very powerfull herb and SHOULD NOT be abuse!!! But...It is very usefull medicinaly for exampel if you suffer from strong asthma attacks. Atropa belladonna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant (rhizomatous hemicryptophyte) in the tomato family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Its distribution extends from Great Britain in the west to western Ukraine and the Iranian province of Gilan in the east. It is also naturalised and/or introduced in some parts of Canada and the United States. The foliage and berries are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include atropine, scopolamine and hyoscyamine, which cause a bizarre delirium and hallucinations, and are also used as pharmaceutical anticholinergics. It has a long history of use as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. Before the Middle Ages, it was used as an anesthetic for surgery; the ancient Romans used it as a poison (the wife of Emperor Augustus and the wife of Claudius both were rumored to have used it for murder); and, predating this, it was used to make poison-tipped arrows. The genus name Atropa comes from Atropos, one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, and the name "bella donna" is derived from Italian and means "pretty woman" because the herb was used in eye-drops by women to dilate the pupils of the eyes to make them appear seductive. Atropa belladonna is a branching herbaceous perennial, often growing as asubshrub, from a fleshy rootstock. Plants grow to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall with ovate leaves 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long. The bell-shaped flowers are dull purple with green tinges and faintly scented. The fruits are berries, which are green, ripening to a shiny-black, and approximately 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) in diameter. The berries are sweet and are consumed by animals (see Toxicity) that disperse theseeds in their droppings, even though the seeds contain toxic alkaloids.[4] There is a pale-yellow flowering form called Atropa belladonna var. lutea with pale-yellow fruit. An interessting thing is the story of it's name... "belladonna" comes from the Italian language, meaning "beautiful lady originating either from its usage as cosmetic for the face or, more probably, from its usage to increase the pupil size in women. Source Wikipedia. Germination... is not that easy...needs some form of stratification and a steril soil to prevent damping of at the start. Please cantact me if you are interessted. Happy to trade if you have anything interessting to offer otherwise no problem just spread some love elsewhere. :-) Have a great day! CheeriO Xoma Video: Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, 1-to-1