Datura metel

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Datura metel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Datura Species: D. metel
Binomial name
Datura metel L.

Datura metel, commonly known as Devil's trumpet, metel, or downy thorn-apple is a shrub-like annual herb with large flowers, typically white or yellow. Native to China, it is now used in landscaping and gardening in North America.

Contents 1 Medicinal use 2 Toxicity 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Medicinal use

D. metel is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Chinese herbology, where it is called yáng jīn huā (洋金花).

[edit] Toxicity

This plant may be toxic if ingested in large quantities, symptomatically expressed as flushed skin, headaches, hallucinations, and possibly convulsions or even a coma. The principal toxic elements are tropane alkaloids.

[edit] References

• Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 

[edit] External links

• Poisonous Plants of North Carolina: Datura Metel