| Accepted name: |
Datura inoxia Miller |
| Synonym(s): |
-Datura wrightii Miller
-Datura innoxia Miller
-Datura metel L.
-Datura meteloides DC. ex Dunal
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| English names: |
Harmless Jimsonweed
Entire-leaved Thorn-apple
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HDATIN
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Poultice of crushed leaves or roots used for boils. Root killed any animal or man if eaten(*31). Powdered roots used as a narcotic(*58). Powdered leaves made into an ointment and applied as a pain killer in setting bones. Plant paste used for poisonous tarantula, snake, spider and other insect bites. Most universally used hallucinogenic and medicinal plant known to man(76)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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