Solanaceae FAMILY

Datura quercifolia

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

All members of this genus contain narcotics and are very poisonous, even in small doses[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. All parts of the plant are poisonous, containing various alkaloids, notably atropine (daturine).

Botanical Description

Datura quercifolia is an erect, robust annual plant that can grow up to 150cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western N. America - Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and through Mexico to Honduras.

HabitatRoadsides, and as a weed of fertle wasteland; at elevations from 1,200 - 1,800 metres[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].