Datura stramonium was already present in W Europe in the Middle Ages.
This is a plant in the Solanaceae family, known as native from the Americas, but now found around the world.
It was formerly used as a herbal medicine and as an analgesic.
This plant is also a powerful hallucinogen and deliriant.
It is important to know that all the parts of this plant are fatally toxic outside the medicinal dosages.
Ingestion of parts of flowers, foliage, weeds, fruits and seeds usually leads to death.
Sources Wikipedia.