曼陀罗属属

拉丁属名源于其梵文名荙都罗；尽管曼陀罗在梵文中另指其他植物，至迟在明代汉语中已常用“曼陀罗”这一讹转来称呼达都罗。

成员物种

曼陀罗属下目前已知12种：

D. ceratocaula Jacq.

D. discolor Bernh.

D. dolichocarpa (Lagerh.) Saff.

多刺达都罗或多刺曼陀罗 D. ferox L.，原产中国西南，其移殖中国西南前的美洲种为栎叶曼陀罗。

毛曼陀罗 D. innoxia Mill.

D. kymatocarpa Barclay

D. leichhardtii F.Muell. ex Benth. (syn. D. pruinosa)

• 洋金花（达都罗） D. metel L.，原产加勒比，四世纪前即已在印度生根
• 栎叶达都罗或栎叶曼陀罗 D. quercifolia Kunth
• D. reburra Barclay
• 曼陀罗花 D. stramonium L.，原产中美洲，在古代亚非大陆广泛分布
• D. wrightii Regel

Datura is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as devil's trumpets or mad apple (not to be confused with angel's trumpets, which are placed in the closely related genus Brugmansia). Other English common names include moonflower, devil's weed and hell's bells. All species of Datura are extremely poisonous and psychoactive, especially their seeds and flowers, which can cause respiratory depression, arrhythmias, fever, delirium, hallucinations, anticholinergic toxidrome, psychosis, and death if taken internally.

The name Datura originates from the Sanskrit word for "thorn-apple," with historical and cultural significance in Ayurveda and Hinduism, while the American term "jimsonweed" derives from its prevalence in Jamestown, Virginia, where it was called "Jamestown-Weed." Datura species are herbaceous annual or short-lived perennial plants up to two meters tall with trumpet-shaped flowers and spiny fruit capsules, historically used in traditional medicine, especially in India, where they hold cultural and ritual significance. Datura species classification is complex due to high variability and overlapping traits among species, with many "new species" later reclassified as local varieties or subspecies; most species are native to Mexico, though some have disputed native ranges outside the Americas. Datura is closely related to Brugmansia and the recently established Trompettia.

Due to their effects and symptoms, Datura species have occasionally been used not only as poisons, but also as hallucinogens by various groups throughout history. Traditionally, their psychoactive administration has often been associated with witchcraft and sorcery or similar practices in many cultures, including the Western world. Certain common Datura species have also been used ritualistically as entheogens by some Native American groups.

Non-psychoactive use of plants in the genus is usually done for medicinal purposes, and the alkaloids present in some species have long been considered traditional medicines in both the New and Old Worlds due to the presence of the alkaloids scopolamine and atropine, which are also produced by plants associated with Old World medicine such as Hyoscyamus niger, Atropa belladonna and Mandragora officinarum.