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

 Datura arborea (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Floripondio; Angel'S Trumpet

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Asthma Latin America Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fatal Peru *
Fumitory South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Intoxicant South America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Narcotic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pain Peru Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Poison US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Psychedelic Peru *
Suppurative Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*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.