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Datura stramonium

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  • Datura stramonium (Thornapple). Also called Jimsonweed
  • Datura stramonium (Thornapple). Also called Jimsonweed
  • Datura stramonium (Thornapple). Also called Jimsonweed
  • Thorn-apple or Jamestown weed (Datura stramonium): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
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Catalogue

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    On the sedative powers of the Datura stramonium / [James Begbie].

    Begbie, James, 1798-1869. | Date: 1862
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    A dissertation on the properties and effects of the datura stramonium, or common thorn-apple : and on its use in medicine / by Samuel Cooper, member of the Chemical and Medical Societies of Philadelphia.

    Cooper, Samuel, 1772-1798. | Date: MDCCXCVII [1797]
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    Datura stramonium (Thornapple). Also called Jimsonweed

    Sue Snell
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    Remarks on the medical properties of the stramonium : Being a series of facts and observations, made for the purpose of ascertaining the qualities and effects of that valuable plant.

    Ireland, W. M. (William Matthews) | Date: 1817
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    Xtohk'uh : zur Ethnobotanik der Datura-Arten bei den Maya in Yucatan / von Christian Rätsch und Heinz Jürgen Probst.

    Rätsch, Christian, 1957- | Date: 1985
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