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Thorn Apple
Datura innoxia
Thorn Apple · Abuzambak · Belladone · Bieluń indiański · Campana blanca · Campana del pasto · Centralamerikansk pigæble · Chamisco blanco · Chamisco doble (ES) · Datura faux métel · Datura faux métel, Faux métel, Stramoine à grandes fleurs · Datura netuyat-pri · Downy Thorn Apple · Faux métel · Feinstacheliger Stechapfel · Feinstachliger Stechapfel (DE); Recurved Thorn-apple · Fireweed · Garten-Stechapfel · Grossbluetiger Stechapfel
At a glance
Origin / distribution: India, Nepal, Pakistan
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Ear), Anesthetic, Asthma, Demulcent
Science studied: ALKALOIDS, APOATROPINE, ATROPINE, CUSCOHYGRINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Solanaceae
Scientific name: Datura innoxia
Common names: Thorn Apple, Abuzambak, Belladone, Bieluń indiański, Campana blanca, Campana del pasto, Centralamerikansk pigæble, Chamisco blanco, Chamisco doble (ES), Datura faux métel, Datura faux métel, Faux métel, Stramoine à grandes fleurs, Datura netuyat-pri, Downy Thorn Apple, Faux métel, Feinstacheliger Stechapfel, Feinstachliger Stechapfel (DE); Recurved Thorn-apple, Fireweed, Garten-Stechapfel, Grossbluetiger Stechapfel
History
The source record documents this plant in India, Nepal, Pakistan.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Ear)
- Anesthetic
- Asthma
- Demulcent
- Expectorant
- Motion-Sickness
- Ophthalmia
- Parkinsonianism
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- Phthisis
- Piles
- Seasickness
- Sedative
- Sore
- Spasm
- Tumor
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Ear)
- Anesthetic
- Asthma
- Demulcent
- Expectorant
- Motion-Sickness
- Ophthalmia
- Parkinsonianism
- Phthisis
- Piles
- Seasickness
- Sedative
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- Sore
- Spasm
- Tumor
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALKALOIDS
- APOATROPINE
- ATROPINE
- CUSCOHYGRINE
- DITIGLOYLTELOIDINE
- FAT
- 7-HYDROXY-3,6-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE
- HYOSCYAMINE
- METELOIDINE
- PSEUDOTROPINE
- SCOPOLAMINE
- SCOPOLETIN
- TIGLOIDINE
- TROPINE
- DATURADIOL
- DATURANOLONE
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- NORHYOSCYAMINE
- BETULINIC-ACID
- PROTEIN
- (-)-3ALPHA,6BETA-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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