Jimson weed

Japanese: Jimson weed(英語表記)Jimsonweed
Jimson weed

…It was imported into Japan during the Edo Period and cultivated for medicinal purposes, but is rarely seen today. Recently, a similar species native to tropical America, D. stramonium L. (English names: thorn apple, Jimson weed, stramonium), has been widely cultivated and has also become naturalized in wastelands. Both species have stems about 1m tall, alternate or pseudoopposite leaves, 8-15cm long, and single flowers in the leaf axils, with funnel-shaped corollas and long tubes. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Jimson weed" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸時代に輸入され薬用のために栽培されたが,現在はほとんど見られない。最近では熱帯アメリカ原産の近似種ヨウシュチョウセンアサガオD.stramonium L.(英名thorn apple,Jimson weed,stramonium)が広く栽培され,また荒地に野生化している。両者とも茎は高さ約1m,葉は互生または偽対生し,長さ8~15cm,花は葉腋(ようえき)に単生し,花冠は漏斗状で長い筒部がある。…

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