| Accepted name: |
Datura stramonium L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Datura tatula L.
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| English names: |
Common Thorn-apple
Jimsonweed
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| French names: |
Stramoine commune
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HDATST
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Smoked for asthma(*7). Poultice of crushed leaves applied to fresh wounds. Seeds pounded, mixed with tallow and salve and used for piles.Poultice of crushed leaves, considered a "powerful plant," applied to cuts(*57)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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