Coleus Blumei

I was wondering if anyone here has tried or heard of coleus blumei. I was at home depot a few weeks ago and saw a healthy looking plant in the nursery (it was right there, as soon as i walked in). Times were dry so my friend and i decided to buy the plant, $3 . I didnt feel like carrying around the flower pot so i pulled off all the big, healthy leaves (which was actually every leaf on the plant) and packed it into 3 ziploc bags (there were about 50 or 60 leaves on the plant). Even though i knew it was the right kind (there are 100s of different types of coleus, but this one is easily recognizable) i read up on the best way to prepare it (some say heat kills the psychoactive compound) and we decided wed take it orally. We knew that the leaves would only be good for a few hours since they were seperate from the plant, so we quickly went home and washed all the leaves (just in case they used insect repellant or anything on it).
We each made a ball of about 10 leaves and proceeded to chew while swallowing the juices, a few minutes later all that was left was mush, so we spit it out and waited. We put on half-baked and waited. A minute later there was a connection, we both knew that we were feeling something, but at this point we didn't know what, so my friend goes "dude, im so tingly right now, my nose is hilarious", and then i felt my hands loosening up. This was a great feeling because i often have pain in my hands (i dont know why, its just always there, some sort of achy, painful tightness), and i just felt all of it getting sucked out until my hands were weightless.We weren't trippin at all (people claimed it was similar to mild doses of mushrooms, which i have yet to try), but i wasn't expecting to trip, so that was fine with me. He decided to have another 5 leaves or so.
Then we started paying attention to the movie... As Dave Chapelle's face was zoomed-in on it really, authentically looked like he wasn't IN the tv, he was floating in front of it and the tv was just the background, this was funny. Then i got some really bad dry mouth, the only negative effect this whole experience, so i proceeded to drink 3 big bottles of water, which only kept my mouth wet for a little bit, the dry mouth lasted for a few days afterward. By this point (about 10 minutes later) we were both feeling ridiculously high, we were floating, just like they did in the movie. Then i looked at the wall, which was a big piece of gray foam with several ridges and bumps (it was soundproofing foam because hes a drummer). The shadows of the light were just right and all i saw was a HUGE checker/chessboard. As i stared even longer the shadows waned from grey, darker and darker until they were black. Now, im not one to be a total dumbass (usually), so this is where any thoughts of this being placebo goes down the drain. I get up from my seat and say "woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow", and my friend says "what the hell are you doing", and i proceed to tell him that his wall is a portal into the 4th dimension, and the black holes were all openings to it, so he started laughing, but i was being completely serious, then i tried to prove it by sticking my finger into the 4th dimension by poking through the hole and it just stopped. BAM. I jabbed my finger right into the wall and went "FUUUUUUCK", thats when i realized it was no longer a portal, just another wall......
This write-up is getting pretty long so i guess ill just wrap it up. The rest of the experience was great, we were really high with some other good effects. There were no CEVs or major hallucinations, but it was really fun for $3. The next day we wanted to continue the saga but the remaining 40 leaves were brown and soggy because they werent attatched to the plant. I am sure this wasn't placebo because i said "snap out of it this is bullshit" (and i was serious) several times, and the feeling of the pain relief in my hands has NEVER been felt in that way/so good before. There was also a lot of other things i left out. All-in-all i'd say major effects lasted about 1 1/2 - 2 hours for us, with the peak being from the 30 minute mark to the one hour mark. The next day i woke up with a very dry mouth (especially my throat, not cottonmouth, just a dry throat) which turned into a cold that lasted about 4 or 5 days. This wasn't nice at all but i dont know if the coleus caused it, because my friend was fine, he even had 5 more leaves than me.
Here is a picture of it, they sell the green leaf with dark red center type at home depot. The brand name is "Kong Coleus"

 

woah that sounds like some crazy shit ive never heard of it before. Is it legal? cool report

 

ya, very legal. I bought it from home depot (big hardware store).

The erowid reports definately vary, if you're ever dry or just feelin' experimental you should try it, it's fun.

 

did your friend trip?

 

i dont think either of us was trippin, we were just REALLY REALLY high. Not just a head high though, complete body high as well.

I had to piss 7 or 8 times during the experience, but i think its from all the water i drank.

 

I tried smoking it before unsuccessfully but I smoked a different leaf than you. I should roam around the neighborhood and pick some of the coleus you did.

 

it grows like wildfire in shaded areas, im pretty eager to smoke the leaf, hopefully i'll get the same effects minus the dry-mouth. My left hand has been throbbing all day so hopefully i can get to home depot soon.

 

I heard that dose is like 7 leaves or something. Theres a couple reports about it on erowid.

 

I like the look of it!

 

i read your post yesterday and got excited about coleus blumei

so i went up to home depot and the Coleus plants were the first thing I saw.

after checking out the various plants, I am in a bit of a bind. They were all labelled as "Coleus" and nothing more.

They all shared the characteristic green leaves with red in the center, though in different shades and sizes. and as this is brand new to me, I can't be sure which is actually the Kong Coleus or Coleus blumei.

Do you have any advice to help me out?

Also, some of the plants had leaves from 1"-3" and others from 4"-6". What size were your 10 leaves that made up an effective dose?

 

i bought a bunch of coleus seeds and grew them and ate a shitload of them but nothing happend =( but now i have a bunch of really pretty coleus plants all over my house =)

 

It depends on the type of coleus too

 

me and a friend smoked some coleus...we felt something...but we werent sure what exactly.

 

what a fucking liar...you guys...cant you tell that this guy is just straight lying to you? i dont know, he just seems like a character that i wouldnt get along with.

 

yeah i just picked up a plant labelled as only "Coleus" from home depot for $5..


i picked off 10 nice size leaves, washed them off, and proceeded to ball them up into a nice quid. I chewed for 8 mins until I could tell that I had absolutely pulverized the leaves and swallowed any and all of the juices...

now its 30 minutes later and i feel nothing. kind of disappointed. i'm assuming its the wrong species of Coleus, but it looks exactly like the plant pictured in the bottom right of the link provided by the original poster.

What do you think? Should i try to chew more leaves? I have 10 out drying right now, so I will attempt to pack those up in a bong a little later.

Im kind of pissed, any advice?

 

you're going to have to smoke alot of leaf...and just keep growing them would be my advice.

 

:leaving:

 

I've tried coleus too, both orally and smoked it, didn't try chewing though. Anyway, I found the effects to be very mild, but there is something there...

 

i was going to smoke a joint with a friend last week but we both ended up taking only 1 or 2 hits because there were a bunch of other sober people with us and we thought it'd be awkward.
As soon as i can im going to smoke a few leaves of coleus in a bowl with some friends.

 

sorry to revive such an old thread, but this coleus plant is beginning to peak my interest.

anyone with experiences of over 10-leaf doses?