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Datura stramonium (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Datura stramonium]]'' L.</big>
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:Protologue: Sp. pl. 1: 179 (1753).

== Synonyms ==

''Datura tatula'' L. (1762).

== Vernacular names ==

*Thorn apple, jimsonweed, devil's apple (En). Pomme épineuse, stramoine (Fr)
*Indonesia: kucubung leutik (Sundanese), jarak pendek, kacubung wulung (Javanese)
*Thailand: lanphong khao.

== Distribution ==

Probably of American origin; now found all over the world, but particularly common in warm temperate regions. In South-East Asia, ''D. stramonium'' only occurs in some locations in Java, where it is naturalized, and also in mountainous regions in Thailand.

== Uses ==

In Java, ''D. stramonium'' is an ingredient of certain traditional medicines to treat fatigue, pain and for curing sprains. .

== Observations ==

An annual herb up to 120 cm tall, stem glabrous or nearly so; leaves rhombic to angular-ovate or ovate-oblong, 6-20 cm × 3-15 cm, exsculpted-dentate-pinnatilobed, petiole up to 10 cm long; flowers with corolla 5-9 cm long, simple, white or pale purplish; fruit always erect, densely covered with strong and long prickles. ''D. stramonium'' is locally naturalized in Java at higher altitudes (1000-2100 m) and grows in sunny and fertile locations such as on waste land and in tea plantations.

== Selected sources ==

87, 97, 112, 193, 343, 346, 549, 561, 562, 580, 588, 652, 847, 1277.

== Authors ==

Sri Hartati, Imastini Dinuriah & M.M. Blomqvist


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