Jet-black seeds embody a tenebrous contrast to I. violacea’s celestial blooms. Measuring 7 mm in length, they are vernacularly known as badoh negro: a sacred hallucinogen among Oaxaca’s Zapotecs.

Despite the medicinal benefits, Brugmansia species remain cautiously revered; each plant’s anaesthetic capacity reflects an arguably macabre record of sorcery and premature burial.