Category : Angiosperms Share
Scientific Name : Datura metel L.
Created By: Abhishek Bhor, Department of Botany, Annasaheb Awate Arts, Commerce and Hutatma Babu Genu Science College, Manchar
Created On: 16-08-2022
Specimen Information
Common Name(s):धोतरा, Devils Trumpet, Horn of plenty
Synonym(s): Brugmansia chlorantha (Hook.) Melliss Brugmansia waymanii Paxton Datura alba Rumph. ex Nees Datura bojeri Delile Datura carthaginensis Voss Datura chlorantha Hook. Datura cornucopia Pitcher & Manda Datura dubia Bianca ex Tod. Datura fastuosa L. Datura fastuosa var. flaviflora O.E.Schulz ex O.C.Schmidt Datura fruticosa Hornem. Datura humilis Desf. Datura hummatu Bernh. Datura hummatu var. fastuosa (L.) Bernh. Datura hummatu var. muricata (Link) Bernh. Datura hummatu var. rubra Bernh. Datura laevis Schkuhr Datura metel var. dentata Schltdl. & Cham. Datura metel var. flaviflora (O.E.Schulz) Moldenke Datura muricata Link Datura nanakii Pandeya & A.B.Bhatt Datura nigra Hassk. Datura nilhummatu Dunal Datura timoriensis Zipp. ex Span. Datura trapezia Nees Datura waymanii (Paxton) Steud. Stramonium datura Noronha Stramonium fastuosum (L.) Moench Stramonium infernale Noronha Stramonium metel (L.) Moench
Family: Solanaceae
Status: Alive
Description
Habit : A perennial shrub with terete, glabrous stems. Leaves : Broadly triangular-ovate, truncate at base and unequal-sided, entire at the margins or irregularly dentate, covered with a fine mealy pubescence or glabrous on both sides. Inflorescence : Solitary Flower : Showy often double or triple, one corolla issuing from another. Calyx green, tubular, minutely pubescent outside, 5-toothed at the rim, the teeth triangular. Corolla pure white or more or less tinged with purple, the rim 5-toothed, ovary covered with soft prickles. Fruit : Globose, supported on the reflexed base of the calyx, covered with short tubercles, splitting open irregularly. Seeds numerous, reniform, flat, pale-brown. Flowering and Fruiting Time : August-October Significance : The seeds acrid, bitter, heating, tonic, febrifuge, anthelmintic, alexiteric, emetic, useful in leucoderma, skin-diseases, ulcers, bronchitis, biliousness, jaundice, piles. The whole plant is narcotic, toxic, aphrodisiac; applied topically it removes pain of tumours and piles. Leaves after healing are applied locally to relieve eye pain, headache, nose-trouble, enlargement of testicles and boils. Root useful in reducing inflammation.