Details for species Datura stramonium
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Scientific Name
Datura stramonium
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Common name
common thornapple,jimsonweed
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Description
Datura stramonium commonly known as jimsonweed or common thornapple) is an annual plant of the Solanaceae family that typically grows in nitrogen-rich soils. All members of the genus Datura are known to be rich in tropane alkaloids like scopolamine and hyoscyamine (1). The jimsonweed has been used in the study of tropane alkaloids biosynthesis (2, 3, 4) and carbohydrate binding-properties on the lectin (5, 6).
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Synonyms
jimsonweed, common thornapple
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| Taxonomic information |
asterids, lamiids, Solanales, Solanaceae, Solanoideae, Datureae, Datura
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 Datura_stramonium_SOL100__fruit | Datura stramonium. Photograph by Sandra Knapp. Copyright © by Sandra Knapp, provided under the Creative Commons licence | organism |
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Ploidy
2n
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Genome size
N/A
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Chromosome number
12
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| SOL-100 Genome sequencing project data
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