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Datura stramonium

Also known as Devil's snare, Jamestown weed, Thornapple, Moon flower, Hell's bells, Devil’s trumpet, Devil’s weed, Tolguacha

species of plant

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Datura stramonium, also known as jimsonweed, is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae. It is classified within the kingdom Plantae and the class Magnoliopsida. The taxon is described as an annual and herbaceous plant. Common names for this organism include Weißer Stechapfel, Thorn-apple, and Doornappel. It is native to regions in Mexico, including Central, Gulf, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest areas.

The species has a recorded range in Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin in China. It is considered invasive in Shanghai and Madagascar. Datura stramonium serves as a source of hyoscyamine and is used as a medicinal plant, insecticide, and fodder. Its fruit type is a capsule. The taxon was described in the Gujin Tushu Jicheng and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Datura stramonium is referenced by 292 other articles, and connects out to cannabinoids, muscarinic antagonist and Angiosperms.

Vinony files it under Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Commons link from Wikidata and Datura.

Its subject is documented across 86 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Jimson weed

Datura stramonium

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSolanales
FamilySolanaceae

Native toMexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Observations40,787

Observations recorded168,599

维基百科中的醫療相关内容仅供参考，詳見醫學聲明。如需专业意见请咨询专业人士。曼陀罗花（学名：Datura stramonium，英语：Thorn apple）是茄科類曼陀羅屬植物，又名醉心花、狗核桃、醉仙桃、疯茄儿、南洋金花、山茄子、凤茄花、朝鮮牽牛花。幾個世紀以來，曼陀羅被用作中醫草藥，以緩解哮喘症狀和作為手術或接骨中的止痛劑。它也是一種強大的迷幻劑和譫妄劑。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 7,422
With media: 5,254
Family: Solanaceae
Collections: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UTEP, CHAS, CMN, UCONN, ECOSUR
Recorded in: United States, Canada, Mexico, Austria

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Research

1,267 papers

Datura stramonium - A Dangerous Weed and Alternative Drug of Abuse: An Overview of Poisoning Cases in 21st Century.ReviewPlanta medica · 2025Aćimović MDOI: 10.1055/a-2552-4434
Datura stramonium lectin.Methods in enzymology · 1982Crowley JF, Goldstein IJDOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(82)83032-2
[Datura stramonium poisoning].Anales espanoles de pediatria · 2000Castañón López L, Martínez Badás JP, Lapeña López De Armentia S et al.
Three new α-glucosidase inhibitor benzo-isochromenes from Datura stramonium.Natural product research · 2023Kiran S, Khan D, Ullah H et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2116020
Cytotoxicity sesquiterpenoids from the leaves of Datura stramonium L.Natural product research · 2024Pan J, Liu Y, Wang AF et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2023.2214292
Cytotoxic withanolides from the leaves of Datura stramonium L.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2024Pan J, Liu Y, Li XY et al.DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202301655
Datura stramonium Flowers as a Potential Natural Resource of Bioactive Molecules: Identification of Anti-Inflammatory Agents and Molecular Docking Analysis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Damergi B, Essid R, Fares N et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules28135195
Datura stramonium abrogates depression- and anxiety-like disorders in mice: possible involvement of monoaminergic pathways in its antidepressant activity.Drug metabolism and personalized therapy · 2022Akanji MA, Elijah OO, Oyedolapo AA et al.DOI: 10.1515/dmpt-2021-0166

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: herbaceous plant
Parent taxon: Datura
Image: Dettaglio - Solanaceae Datura stramonium Lin. Erbario Frizzi Perugia n. 1919.jpg
Has use: fodder

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taxon name: Datura stramonium
taxon rank: species
Commons category: Datura stramonium
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13323
taxon common name: iloqi
Commons gallery: Datura stramonium
has fruit type: capsule
invasive to: Madagascar
taxon range: Myanmar
short name: D. stramonium
taxon author citation: L.
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e

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Encyclopedic overview

Datura stramonium, known by the common names thornapple, jimsonweed (jimson weed), or devil's trumpet, is a poisonous flowering plant in the Daturae tribe of the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its likely origin was in Central America, and it has been introduced in many world regions. It is an aggressive invasive weed in temperate climates and tropical climates across the world. 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. It is unlikely 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.

Description

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