Article Nº 0619 Plant Vol. I · p. 342
Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium)
Original title: Bufareira (Datura Stramonium)
Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium), a poisonous plant of the nightshade family growing semi-wild in many parts of Funchal. The entry notes its toxicity, its external use in baths against rheumatic pain and its alkaloid daturine.
A plant of the family Solanaceae, with funnel-shaped blue or white corollas and capsules covered in numerous prickles. It grows semi-wild in many parts of Funchal and is highly poisonous if swallowed in a large dose. Internally, it must be used with great caution; externally it can be used in baths to combat rheumatic pain. The thorn-apple contains an alkaloid called daturine.
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