Datura stramonium

"Jimson Weed"
"Thornapple"

Information on growing the Daturas.
Jimsonweed, description and toxicity information.
Jimsonweed information from the Cornell poison plant home page.
"What are the effects of Jimson Weed Abuse?" from the Drug and Poison Information Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Another Jimsonweed warning page.
Selected Cases in Toxicology from the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center -- jimsonweed.
"Ritual Prescription of Datura and Ipomoea Intoxication: A Brief Survey by David Gellerman.
Demeyer, K. & Dejaegere, R. 1995 "Total mineral dose and pH of the culture medium affect alkaloid accumulation in Datura stramonium L." J. Herbs Spices and Medicinal Plants Accepted.
Demeyer, K. & Dejaegere, R. 1995 "Alkaloid content and partitioning in Datura stramonium L. are influenced by the Ca₂+ / K+- balance and by the light energy received by the plants" Austr. J. Bot. Accepted.
Demeyer, K., Serehan, M. & Dejaegere, R. 1994 "Increasing alkaloid production in Datura stramonium." Colloquium IMOL-VUB, St. Genesius-Rode, Belgium.
Demeyer, K., Serehan, M. & Dejaegere, R. 1994 "Thornapple: source of pharmaceuticals but also supplier of herbicides?" Colloquium IMOL-VUB, St. Genesius-Rode, Belgium.
Demeyer, K. 1994 "Influence of the mineral nutrition on the allelopathic signal exerted by Datura stramonium seedlings." Vlaamse Vereniging voor Plantenfysiologen. VVPF-meeting, St. Genesius-Rode, Belgium.
Demeyer, K. 1994 "Doornappel naast geneeskruid ook onkruidbestrijder?" Gewas 1(5): 14-19.

Commercial availability:

Companion Plants has seeds available at $2 (U.S.) per packet.
The Redwood City Seed Company has packets of 25 seeds available for $4 (U.S.) per packet.
JLF has sixty grams of either foliage, seeds, or roots available for $17 (U.S.).
Legendary Ethnobotanical Resources has seeds available for $3 (U.S.).
SBE has seeds available at $1.95 (U.S.) for ten.

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