🌿 MEDICINAL PLANT PROFILE

Datura stramonium

Overview

Datura stramonium

Datura stramonium L.

Solanaceae

Datura

Leaf; seed

Leaves and seeds

Hyoscyamine; atropine; scopolamine

Source of tropane alkaloids; historical medicinal use

Anticholinergic pharmacology

Highly toxic; medicinal use requires strict control