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Taxon:  Datura stramonium L.



Summary
Genus:
Datura
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Datureae
Nomen number:
13323
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:179. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Datura inermis Juss. ex Jacq.
Datura stramonium L. var. chalybea W. D. J. Koch
Datura stramonium L. var. tatula (L.) Torr.
Datura tatula L.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
common thorn-apple –
false castor-oil –
jimsonweed –
moonflower –
purple thorn-apple –
thorn-apple –
Afrikaans
gewone stinkblaar –
French
datura stramoine –
herbe des taupes –
pomme épineuse –
German
Stechapfel –
Italian
indormia –
stramonio comune –
Portuguese
estramónio –
figueira-do-diabo –
Spanish
datura manzana –
estramonio –
tapa –
toloache –
Swedish
spikklubba –
violspikklubba –
Transcribed Chinese
man tuo luo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico probably native
4Naturalized    widely natzd. elsewhere
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico (probably native)
Naturalized (widely natzd. elsewhere)
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Harmful organism host
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_5.html,) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):234. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Kellerman et al.; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001) –


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