Datura
Bits & Pieces
The "Bits & Pieces" section is intended for random snippets of information which don't fit
easily elsewhere and/or which have been newly added, but not yet carefully categorized.
easily elsewhere and/or which have been newly added, but not yet carefully categorized.
- Datura as punishmentDatura has been used traditionally by the Mapuche-Huilliche and the Jívaro tribes of South America as a last-resort punishment for unruly children.
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Reference:
1. Harner, Michael J. The Jívaro: People of the Sacred Waterfalls. Univ. of California Press. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London. 1972. pp. 84, 90, 137-138.