Datura stramonium

"Jimson Weed" redirects here. For the painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, see Jimson Weed (painting).
Not to be confused with Solanum incanum, also known by the common name "thorn apple".

Jimsonweed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Datura
Species:
D. stramonium
Binomial name
Datura stramonium
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Datura bernhardii (Lundstr.)
  • Datura bertolonii (Parl. ex Guss.)
  • Datura cabanesii (P.Fourn.)
  • Datura capensis (Bernh.)
  • Datura ferocissima (Cabanès & P.Fourn.)
  • Datura ferox (Nees 1834 not L. 1756)
  • Datura hybrida (Ten.)
  • Datura inermis (Juss. ex Jacq.)
  • Datura laevis (L.f.)
  • Datura loricata (Sieber ex Bernh.)
  • Datura lurida (Salisb.)
  • Datura microcarpa (Godr.)
  • Datura muricata (Godr. 1873 not Bernh. 1818 nor Link 1821)
  • Datura parviflora (Salisb.)
  • Datura praecox (Godr.)
  • Datura pseudostramonium (Sieber ex Bernh.)
  • Datura tatula (L.)
  • Datura wallichii (Dunal)
  • Stramonium foetidum (Scop.)
  • Stramonium laeve (Moench)
  • Stramonium spinosum (Lam.)
  • Stramonium tatula (Moench)
  • Stramonium vulgare (Moench)
  • Stramonium vulgatum (Gaertn.)

Datura 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.[5][6][7] It is an aggressive invasive weed in temperate climates and tropical climates across the world.[2] 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.[2][8] It is unlikely ever 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.[2][9]

  1. ^ "Datura stramonium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Datura stramonium (jimsonweed)". CABI. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "GRIN Genera of Solanaceae tribe Datureae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Datura stramonium in Flora of China @ efloras.org". efloras.org. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Datura stramonium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map". bonap.net.
  7. ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Datura stramonium: Common thornapple | Atlas of Living Australia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. ^ Schultes, Richard Evans; Albert Hofmann (1979). Plants of the Gods: Origins of Hallucinogenic Use New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-056089-7.
  9. ^ Glatstein, Miguel; Alabdulrazzaq, Fatoumah; Scolnik, Dennis (2016). "Belladonna Alkaloid Intoxication". American Journal of Therapeutics. 23 (1): e74–e77. doi:10.1097/01.mjt.0000433940.91996.16. ISSN 1075-2765. PMID 24263161. S2CID 10336715.