Scientifically speaking, Nightshades are the common name for the Solanaceae family, which includes peppers, tomatoes and tobacco, amongst many other things.
Here however, it refers to the Deadly Nightshades, a loose grouping of nightshades known for the highly-toxic compounds they produce.
The deadly nightshades are grown for several reasons. Some of them just naturally grow wild in various parts of the earth. Others are grown as ornamental plants for their large, beautiful flowers. Witches & shamans have valued these plants as entheogens for millenia, pushing themselves to the brink of death in an attempt to pierce the veil.
Some of the more common ones we will catalog here, but it is by no means exhaustive.
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While nightshades like tomatoes and peppers can be eaten, all the nightshades on this page have no culinary value. Due to the presence of many lethal compounds in these plants, you should avoid eating them or including them in any sort of dish. The compounds in some of these cultivars are so concentrated, that professional gardeners usually wear gloves when touching them. Do not trifle with these plants!!!
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