Sentence:  Physicians and scientists appear to have been by and large consistent in their  use of <WSD>"banj</WSD>" for henbane. 'AH b. Rabban at-Tabari, in the middle of the ninth  century, speaks of three kinds of <WSD>"banj</WSD>", of which the white one was in use, apparently referring to henbane. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Hashish or henbane.