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Datura stramonium L.

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Datura stramonium L.
Datura stramonium L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymDatura capensis Hort. ex Bernh.
synonymDatura ferox Nees
synonymDatura hybrida Ten.
synonymDatura inermis Jacq.
synonymDatura laevis L. fil.
synonymDatura loricata Sieber ex Bernh.
synonymDatura lurida Salisb.
synonymDatura parviflora Salisb.
synonymDatura pseudostramonium Sieber ex Bernh.
synonymDatura wallichii Dun.
synonymStramonium foetidum Scop.
synonymStramonium laeve Moench
synonymStramonium spinosum Lam.
synonymStramonium vulgare Hill
synonymStramonium vulgatum Gaertn.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Dhatura
  • Dhutura
English
  • Common thorn apple
  • Datura
  • Devil's apple
  • Jamestown weed
  • Jimson weed
  • Mad apple
  • Stink weed
  • Thorn Apple
Malayalam
  • Ummam
Other
  • Dhatura (Ass.)
  • Jimsonweed
  • Seemai Oomatthai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub Distribution notes: Exotic
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Undershrub, 0.75-1m
    Sanjib Barua
    Attributions Sanjib Barua
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Description
      Habit: Herb/Undershrub
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Plant 60-120 cm or more tall, branched, pubescent; the branches often purplish. Leaves 8-17 x 4-13 cm, ovate or broadly so, sinuately dentate, minutely puberulose, cuneate. Petiole 2-5 cm long. Calyx 3.5-5.5 cm long, tubular, 5-dentate, puberulous, persistent. Lobes 6-9 mm long, strongly reflexed in fruit, apiculate. Corolla 7-10 cm long, white or purplish suffused; limb up to 8 cm broad, shallowly 5-lobed, with the lobes, ± triangular-acuminate. Anthers ± 5 mm long, with the lobes narrow oblong, usually white. Capsule erect, 3-4 cm long, ovoid, spiny and densely pubescent, splitting by 4 valves; spines up to 5 mm long. Seeds 3 mm long, reniform, reticulate-foveolate, and black.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: July-September
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Scrub jungles and wastelands
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Wet places
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  Widely distributed most parts of the temperate regions of the world

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Kerala: Pathanamthitta Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Tiruvannamalai
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      Global Distribution

                      India: Assam, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh; Temperate Region

                      Local Distribution

                      Bongaigaon, Barak Valley, Kamrup, Nagaon

                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Demography and Conservation
                        Risk Statement
                        Common
                        Sanjib Barua
                        Attributions Sanjib Barua
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        References 
                          Threats
                          Threats recoded
                          Sanjib Barua
                          Attributions Sanjib Barua
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            Protection Legal Status
                            It is found growing wild in the tropical forest
                            Sanjib Barua
                            Attributions Sanjib Barua
                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
                            Licenses CC_BY
                            References 
                              No Data
                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Homoeopathy
                              Homoeopathy
                              Ayurveda
                              Ayurveda
                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              Siddha
                              Siddha
                              Unani
                              Unani
                              Traditional chinese medicine
                              Traditional chinese medicine
                              Medicinal
                              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
                              Licenses CC_BY
                              References 
                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Homoeopathy, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=766
                                Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=766
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
                                Licenses CC_BY
                                References 
                                  No Data
                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=766
                                  1. Stramonium vulgatum Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 243. t. 132. f. 4. 1791.
                                  2. Datura inermis Jacq., Hort. Vindov. 3: 44. t. 82. 1776.
                                  3. Datura wallichii Dunal in DC., Prodr. 13: 539. 1852.
                                  4. Datura laevis L.f., Suppl. Pl. 146. 1781.
                                  5. Datura stramonium L. var. tatula Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 242. 1883.
                                  6. Datura ferox Nees, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 75. 1837, non L.
                                  7. Datura stramonium L., Sp. Pl. 179. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 242. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1923; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 349. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 569. 2009.
                                  8. Datura bertolonii Paxt. ex Guss, Fl. Sic. Sy. 1: 267. 1842.
                                  9. Datura tatula L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 256. 1762.
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=766
                                  2. Stramonium vulgatum Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 243. t. 132. f. 4. 1791.
                                  3. Datura inermis Jacq., Hort. Vindov. 3: 44. t. 82. 1776.
                                  4. Datura wallichii Dunal in DC., Prodr. 13: 539. 1852.
                                  5. Datura laevis L.f., Suppl. Pl. 146. 1781.
                                  6. Datura stramonium L. var. tatula Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 242. 1883.
                                  7. Datura ferox Nees, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 75. 1837, non L.
                                  8. Datura stramonium L., Sp. Pl. 179. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 242. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1923; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 349. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 569. 2009.
                                  9. Datura bertolonii Paxt. ex Guss, Fl. Sic. Sy. 1: 267. 1842.
                                  10. Datura tatula L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 256. 1762.
                                  11. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

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                                  📚 Meta data
                                  No Data
                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassMagnoliopsida
                                  OrderSolanales
                                  FamilySolanaceae
                                  GenusDatura
                                  SpeciesDatura stramonium L.
                                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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