Datura stramonium
| Jimsonweed | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Datura |
| Species: | D. stramonium
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| Binomial name | |
| Datura stramonium | |
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Datura stramonium, known by the common names thornapple, jimsonweed (jimson weed), or devil's trumpet, [2] is a poisonous flowering plant in the Daturae tribe of the nightshade family Solanaceae.[3] Its likely origin was in Central America,[2][4] and it has been introduced in many world regions.[5][6][7] It is an aggressive invasive weed in temperate climates and tropical climates across the world.[2] D. stramonium has frequently been employed in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments. It has also been used as a hallucinogen (of the anticholinergic/antimuscarinic, deliriant type), taken entheogenically to cause intense, sacred or occult visions.[2][8] It is unlikely ever to become a major drug of abuse owing to effects upon both mind and body frequently perceived as being highly unpleasant, giving rise to a state of profound and long-lasting disorientation or delirium (anticholinergic syndrome) with a potentially fatal outcome. It contains tropane alkaloids which are responsible for the psychoactive effects, and may be severely toxic.[2][9]
- ^ "Datura stramonium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Datura stramonium (jimsonweed)". CABI. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "GRIN Genera of Solanaceae tribe Datureae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Datura stramonium in Flora of China @ efloras.org". efloras.org. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Datura stramonium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ "Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map". bonap.net.
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Datura stramonium: Common thornapple | Atlas of Living Australia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Schultes, Richard Evans; Albert Hofmann (1979). Plants of the Gods: Origins of Hallucinogenic Use New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-056089-7.
- ^ Glatstein, Miguel; Alabdulrazzaq, Fatoumah; Scolnik, Dennis (2016). "Belladonna Alkaloid Intoxication". American Journal of Therapeutics. 23 (1): e74 – e77. doi:10.1097/01.mjt.0000433940.91996.16. ISSN 1075-2765. PMID 24263161. S2CID 10336715.
