Taxon: Datura inoxia Mill.

Common names:

• angel's-trumpet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• downy thorn-apple   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• hoary thorn-apple   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Indian-apple   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• recurved thorn-apple   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• sacred datura   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• thorn-apple   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ) – English
  
• harige stinkblaar   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• datura   (Source: Weeds Saudi Arabia ) – Arabic
  
• tatoora   (Source: Weeds Saudi Arabia ) – Arabic
  
• datura innocente   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• teoldogmalpul   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:95.) – Transcribed Korean
  
• datura-européia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• trombeta-branca   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• trombeteira-branca   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cacaito   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• toloache   (Source: F Veracruz ) – Spanish (Mexico)
  
• mexikansk spikklubba   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Anguilla [natzd.?]; Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua [natzd.?]; Bahamas [natzd.?]; Barbados [natzd.?]; Cuba [natzd.?]; Guadeloupe [natzd.?]; Hispaniola [natzd.?]; Jamaica [natzd.?]; Martinique [natzd.?]; Puerto Rico [natzd.?]; St. Vincent and Grenadines [natzd.?]
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala; Honduras
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Paraguay

• widely naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

• exact native range in Americas obscure

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Chaudhary, S. A. 1987. Weeds of Saudi Arabia and theb Arabian Peninsula.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. ["innoxia"].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Fosberg, F. R. 1959. Nomenclatural notes on Datura L. Taxon 8:55.
• George, A. S., ed. 1982. Flora of Australia. 29:193–194.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hammer, K. et al. 1983. Vorarbeiten zur monographischen Darstellung von Wildpflanzensortimenten: Datura L., sectiones Dutra Bernh., Ceratocaulis Bernh, et Datura. Kulturpflanze 31:18.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. ["innoxia"].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. ["innoxia"].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. ["innoxia"].
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. ["innoxia"].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966–1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. ["innoxia"].
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:95.
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource). ["innoxia"].
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. ["innoxia"].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. ["innoxia"].
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. ["innoxia"].
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.
• Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria. ["innoxia"].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Check other web resources for Datura inoxia Mill.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Datura inoxia cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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