Datura stramonium, Devils Apple

Datura stramonium, Devils Apple

Datura stramonium (poisonous)

Devils Apple

sorts and variety

drugs

leafes (Stramonii folium); seeds (Stramonii semen)

most important active substances

alkaloids (0,2 – 0,6 % in leafes; 0,3 – 0,5 % in the seeds) be made of 1-hyoscyamine, atropine, 1-scopolamine, volatile oil, flavonoids, fatty oil in the seeds

used for asthma, convulsive cough, pertussis, for bronchitis and influenza, for infections with high temperatures

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seed grains: 10,0 g

Seed demand for drilling: may 3-5 kg/ ha

Demand for plantation: may 6 plants / m²

Distance between the rows: 50 – 70 cm

harvest: leafes in the start of flowering time