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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Datura stramonium (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Feng Ch'Ieh Erh; Doornappelkruid; Opium Tropical; Chamico; Noce Del Diavolo; Jimson_Eed; Pomme Epineuse; Stinkblaren; Jimsonweed; Jimson; Galurt; Man T'O Lo; Estramonio; Daturah; Cornicopio; Gemeiner Stechapfel; Nafeer; Floribunda; Concombre Zombie; Figuiero Do Inferno; Stramoine; Estramoni; Pomme Poison; Chamisco; Tapate; Buenas Tardes; Cocombre Zombie; Nongue; Cojon De Diablo

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Ethiopia *
Anesthetic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anodyne Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Anodyne US(Appalachia) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Anodyne Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antispasmodic Elsewhere *
Antispasmodic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Asthma US(Pamunkey) *
Asthma US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Asthma Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Hawaii *
Asthma Nepal Singh, M.P., et al. 1979. Medicinal plants of Nepal - Retrospects and prospects. Economic Botany 33(2): 185-198.
Asthma Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.