Datura is a genus of 12-15 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Their exact natural distribution is uncertain, due to extensive cultivation and naturalization throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the globe, but is most likely restricted to the Americas, from the United States south through Mexico (where the highest species diversity occurs) to the mid-latitudes of South America. Some species are reported by some authorities to be native to China, but this is not accepted by the Flora of China, where the three species present are treated as introductions from the Americas.

Common names include jimson weed, thorn-apple (from the spiny fruit), pricklyburr (similarly), and somewhat paradoxically, both angel's trumpet and devil's trumpet (from their large trumpet-shaped flowers), or as Nathaniel Hawthorne refers to it in the Scarlet Letter apple-peru. The word Datura comes from Hindi dhatūrā (thorn apple); record of this name dates back only to 1662 (OED).

They are large, vigorous annual plants or short-lived perennial plants, growing to 1-3 m tall. The leaves are alternate, 10-20 cm long and 5-18 cm broad, with a lobed or toothed margin. The flowers are erect or spreading (not pendulous), trumpet-shaped, 5-20 cm long and 4-12 cm broad at the mouth; color varies from white to yellow, pink, and pale purple. The fruit is a spiny capsule 4-10 cm long and 2-6 cm broad, splitting open when ripe to release the numerous seeds.

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Use of Angel's Trumpet or Datura Stramonium forHealing and Health in Ayurveda: http://bit.ly/qUAK2
selfhelp101 (Self Help 101) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:47:52 -0000
Use of Angel's Trumpet or Datura Stramonium forHealing and Health in Ayurveda: http://bit.ly/qUAK2
3500 fan... grazie a tutti! e stasera datura + snap! @ retropolis, velvet club, rimini http://bit.ly/6huhQH
daturayerba (datura) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:33:50 -0000
3500 fan... grazie a tutti! e stasera datura + snap! @ retropolis, velvet club, rimini http://bit.ly/6huhQH
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amber201 (amber201) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:32:43 -0000
Listening to Datura ♪ Jon Hassell http://bit.ly/7g7L84 via @twitbird
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velvetrimini (Velvet Club - Rimini) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:14:45 -0000
questa sera RETROPOLIS: ANNI 90! special guest SNAP! + DATURA -- info qua:... http://bit.ly/4w8VT7
DATURA a fait le 28e score du puzzle Dino 14 en 00:08:11 ! #fb
puzzlet (puzzlet) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:26:51 -0000
DATURA a fait le 28e score du puzzle Dino 14 en 00:08:11 ! #fb
The Life in China Podcast has several "Affordable Expo 2010" episodes: http://datura.com/podcasts/shanghaipodcast.rss
ExpoMuseum (ExpoMuseum) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:40:21 -0000
The Life in China Podcast has several "Affordable Expo 2010" episodes: http://datura.com/podcasts/shanghaipodcast.rss

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