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Taxon:  Datura metel L.



Summary
Genus:
Datura
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Datureae
Nomen number:
13315
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:179. 1753
Verified:
02/20/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Datura alba Nees
Datura chlorantha Hook.
Datura fastuosa L.
Datura metel L. var. fastuosa (L.) Saff.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Babu, C. R. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun. 1977
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
  7. Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
  8. George, A. S., ed. 1982. Flora of Australia. 1980- 29:194-195.
  9. Hadkins, E. S. et al. 1997. Typification of Linnaean Datura names (Solanaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 125:298. Note: typification
  10. Hammer, K. et al. 1983. Vorarbeiten zur monographischen Darstellung von Wildpflanzensortimenten: Datura L., sectiones Dutra Bernh., Ceratocaulis Bernh, et Datura. Kulturpflanze 31:30.
  11. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  12. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  13. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  14. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
  15. Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
  16. Li, P. T. 2002. The five most poisonous plants in Hong Kong. Leafl. Hong Kong Herb. 6:4. http://www.hkherbarium.net/Herbarium/publications.html
  17. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  18. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983
  19. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  20. Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):233. http://proseanet.org
  21. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992 Note: Inkata Press, Melbourne
  22. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- Note: = D. fastuosa L.
  23. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  24. Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
  25. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
  26. Symon, D. E. & L. A. R. Haegi. 1991. Datura (Solanaceae) is a New World Genus. Solanaceae III: taxonomy, chemistry, evolution. 1991 197-210.
  27. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  28. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
downy thorn-apple –
Hindu datura –
Hindu thorn-apple –
hoary thorn-apple –
horn-of-plenty –
metel –
purple thorn-apple –
Portuguese
burbiaca –
Spanish
burladora –
Swedish
indisk spikklubba –
Transcribed Chinese
yang jin hua –
Transcribed Korean
huindogmalpul –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics
4Naturalized    sometimes natzd. in tropics
6Other    possible origin West Indies
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized (sometimes natzd. in tropics)
Other (possible origin West Indies)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
source of hyoscine (scopolamine) (fide Import Medicinal Pl; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):233. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Leafl Hong Kong Herb 6:4. 2002) –
Weed
(fide Noxweed Aust) –


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