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2016•Wilderness and Environmental MedicineOpen access

Datura: The Roadside Poison

Tanuj Kanchan, Alok Atreya

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Datura is a genus in the family Solanaceae (Latin: quieting) that contains 9 species, namely Datura ceratocaula, Datura discolor, Datura ferox, Datura inoxia, Datura leichhardtii, Datura metel, Datura quercifolia, Datura stramonium, and Datura wrightii. Etymologically the word datura is derived from a Sanskrit word, dhatur. It is also known as yangjinhua, tatala, and stinkblaar in Chinese, Turkish, and Afrikaans, respectively. It came to be known as Jamestown or Jimson weed as a result of its involvement in an accidental poisoning in Jamestown, VA.

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Datura is a genus in the family Solanaceae (Latin: quieting) that contains 9 species, namely Datura ceratocaula, Datura discolor, Datura ferox, Datura inoxia, Datura leichhardtii, Datura metel, Datura quercifolia, Datura stramonium, and Datura wrightii. Etymologically the word datura is derived from a Sanskrit word, dhatur. It is also known as yangjinhua, tatala, and stinkblaar in Chinese, Turkish, and Afrikaans, respectively. It came to be known as Jamestown or Jimson weed as a result of its involvement in an accidental poisoning in Jamestown, VA.

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Datura is a genus in the family Solanaceae (Latin: quieting) that contains 9 species, namely Datura ceratocaula, Datura discolor, Datura ferox, Datura inoxia, Datura leichhardtii, Datura metel, Datura quercifolia, Datura stramonium, and Datura wrightii. Etymologically the word datura is derived from a Sanskrit word, dhatur. It is also known as yangjinhua, tatala, and stinkblaar in Chinese, Turkish, and Afrikaans, respectively. It came to be known as Jamestown or Jimson weed as a result of its involvement in an accidental poisoning in Jamestown, VA.

Key concepts: Datura, Datura stramonium, Atropa belladonna, Biology, Botany, Weed

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