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Bookmark or Share- Datura stramonium - WikipediaDatura 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.
- Factsheet - Datura stramonium (Common Thorn Apple) - Key SearchDatura ferox and Datura stramonium (common thornapple) produce erect capsules on straight stalks which contain black or grey seeds. Datura leichhardtii, Datura metel, Datura inoxia and Datura wrightii can be differentiated from these two species as their capsules are held on a curved stalk, and they produce brown or yellow seeds.
- The Powerful Solanaceae: Datura - US Forest ServiceThe plants produce large white to purple tinged trumpet flowers and spiny round seedpods (thornapple). Daturas have been used as poisons, medicines, and ritual intoxicant agents since time immemorial.
- Datura - WikipediaThe generic name Datura is taken from Hindi धतूरा dhatūra "thorn-apple", [ 11 ] ultimately from Sanskrit धत्तूर dhattūra "white thorn-apple" (referring to Datura metel of Asia). [ 12 ] . In the Ayurvedic text Sushruta Samhita, different species of Datura are also referred to as kanaka and unmatta. [ 12 ]Dhatura is offered to Shiva in Hinduism.
- How to get rid of thorn apple - BBC Gardeners World MagazineThorn-apple (Datura stramonium) is a non-native weed, found in farmland, gardens and waste ground. Named after its fruit, which is large and prickly, it also bears large white or purple, bindweed-like flowers.
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