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Datura Stramonium
Common names:
Thornapple, Devil's Apple, Devil's Weed, Jamestown Weed,Jimson Weed,
Stramonium, Sacred Datura, Devil's Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet, Apple of
Peru, Stinkweed, Stechapfel, Atlinan, Campana, Concombre-Zombi,
Xtohk'kuh, Toloache, Man t' o lo fa, Wan t'o hua, Nau Yeung fa, El
Bethene
This plant is
considered to be highly dangerous if ingested and it is NOT recommended
to buy it for the purpose of consumption. There are many other
beneficial ways to use this plant.
Medicinal uses:
Spasmolytic, anti-asthmatic, anticholinergic, narcotic and anesthetic.
The leaves are smoked as 'asthma cigarettes', steambath are prepared
with the leaves for bad coughs and bronchitis, the juice is boiled and
mixed with hog-lard as an external application for all types of burns,
scalds, inflammations and hemorrhoids, poultices of the leaves are
applied to badly healing wounds, swellings and arthritic or rheumatic
pains, as an antispasmodic to control Parkinson's disease.
Distribution:
All warm and tropical regions throughout the world, in desert and arid
zones as well as in the tropical forest region and mountainous areas.
Active Constituents:
Tropane alkaloids (hyoscyamine, atropine, scopolamine). The seeds
contain the highest alkaloid concentration in both the Datura and
Brugmansia species.
Cultivation:
Grow in full sun in moisture retentive but well drained fertile and
preferably calcareous soil.
Propagate by seeds sown in situ in spring (16°C / 61°F) or earlier under
glass and set out after danger of frost has passed.
The foliage is extremely susceptible to viruses affecting other
Solanaceous plants and may act as a host . . .
Datura is not
illegal to buy sale or posses.
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