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Latest revision as of 15:34, 21 May 2006
Datura stramonium, also known as Jimson Weed or Thorn Apple provides an important drug with narcotic and antispasmodic properties, commonly known as scopolamine. One of the nightshade species, it is a coarse-growing, hardy plant with poisonous juices. In 2-3 months this plant can grow to 2 or 3 feet high and about the same in width. It has large, long-stalked, heart-shaped leaves with wavy margins and white, tube-shaped flowers that are followed by large, egg-shaped, spiny fruits filled with black, kidney-shaped seeds.
Eating wilted plants is likely to be fatal.
