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Datura metel L.

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Datura metel L.
Datura metel L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymDatura aegyptiaca Vest.
synonymDatura alba Nees
synonymDatura bojeri Delile
synonymDatura carthaginensis Hort.
synonymDatura dubia Rich. ex Pers.
synonymDatura fastuosa L.
synonymDatura fastuosa var. alba (Nees) C. B. Cl.
synonymDatura fruticosa Hornem.
synonymDatura hummatu Bernh.
synonymDatura muricata Link
synonymDatura nanakii S.C. Pandeya & A.B. Bhatt
synonymDatura nilhummatu Dun.
synonymDatura timoriensis Zipp. ex Span.
synonymStramonium datura Noronha
synonymStramonium fastuosum (L.) Moench
synonymStramonium globosum Bub.
synonymStramonium infernale Noronha
synonymStramonium metel (L.) Moench
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Dhatura
  • Dhutura
English
  • Datura
  • Devils Weed
  • Jimpson Weed
  • Purple Horn-of-Plenty
  • Thorn apple
Hin
  • Dhatura
Hindi
  • Dhatura
Irula
  • Umathai
Malayalam
  • Kariymmatta
  • Karucoomatha
  • Karummattu
  • Madanam
  • Neelaummam
  • Omathinkai
  • Ummam
Other
  • Datura Blackcurrant Swirl
  • Datura Double Purple
  • Datura Triple Yellow
  • Karu Oomatthai
  • Karu Umatha
  • Oomatthai
  • Ummam
Tamil
  • Karu-Oomatthai
  • Karu Umathai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub Distribution notes: Exotic
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Subshrubs; branches somewhat zigzag. Leaves entire or angled with acute lobes, c. 12 x 8 cm, ovate, base oblique, apex acute or acuminate; petiole to 6 cm long. Flowers solitary in axil, erect; pedicels 1-1.5 cm long. Calyx 6-8 cm long, tubular, 5-lobed, minutely pubescent. Corolla creamy-white, c. 15 cm long, funnel-shaped; teeth 5, cuspidate. Stamens 5, attached towards the base of corolla tube, included, subequal; filaments hairy at base. Capsule c. 3 cm across, spherical, covered with short spines, dehiscence irregular. Seeds compressed, c. 5 mm long, smooth, brown.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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      Habit: Herb /Undershrub
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors 
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        Habit: A large, spreading subshrub, upto 90cm.
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          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: March-December
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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          References 
            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Shrub
            Shrub
            Flower

            In axillary, solitary; white with purple tinged within. Flowering throughout the year.

            Fruit

            A globose, armed capsule; green when young, later brown; seeds many, circular, compressed, rugose. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            . Stem dark purpulish; Leaves minutely tomentose on both sides, base obtusely cuneate, unequal at base. Fruits spiny.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate-spiral

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Ovate

            Leaf Apex

            Acuminate

            Leaf Base

            Obliquely truncate

            Leaf Margin

            Frequently lobed-entire

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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Degraded dry & moist deciduous forests, Native of Tropical America
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Degraded dry and moist deciduous forests and wastelands
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors 
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                  Common in hills upto 1500m, occasional in plains. On wastelands, famrs, roadsides. Peninsular India.
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                    Marshes
                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                      Description
                      Global Distribution

                      Paleotropics

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
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                          Found along the roadsides and fallows from plains to 1500m. Common . Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, now widely cultivated in the warmer regions.
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                            Global Distribution

                            India: Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh; Africa

                            Local Distribution

                            Assam

                            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                            Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                              No Data
                              📚 Occurrence
                              No Data
                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Ayurveda
                              Ayurveda
                              Siddha
                              Siddha
                              Modern medicine
                              Modern medicine
                              Traditional chinese medicine
                              Traditional chinese medicine
                              Medicinal
                              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                The dried flowers are dried and smoked to cure asthma.
                                Keystone Foundation
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                                  System Of Medicines Used In

                                  Ayurveda, Modern medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=765
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                                    Folklore
                                    Indigenous Information: The shoots, roots and seeds are sown before sowing pulses, so that the yield will increase.
                                    Keystone Foundation
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                                      📚 Information Listing
                                      References
                                      1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                      1. Datura metel L., Sp. Pl. 179. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 243. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1923; Sant., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 47: 657. 1948; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 188. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 276. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 250. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 309. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 272. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 497. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 315. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 319. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 461. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 271. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 216. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 210. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 482. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 568. 2009.
                                      2. Datura fastuosa L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 932. 1759; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 242. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1923.
                                      3. Datura fastuosa L. var. alba (Nees) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 243. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1924.
                                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=765
                                      Information Listing > References
                                      1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                      2. Datura metel L., Sp. Pl. 179. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 243. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1923; Sant., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 47: 657. 1948; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 188. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 276. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 250. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 309. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 272. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 497. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 315. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 319. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 461. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 271. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 216. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 210. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 482. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 568. 2009.
                                      3. Datura fastuosa L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 932. 1759; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 242. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1923.
                                      4. Datura fastuosa L. var. alba (Nees) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 243. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 941(660). 1924.
                                      5. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=765

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                                      📚 Meta data
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                                      🐾 Taxonomy
                                      RootRoot
                                      KingdomPlantae
                                      PhylumTracheophyta
                                      ClassMagnoliopsida
                                      OrderSolanales
                                      FamilySolanaceae
                                      GenusDatura
                                      SpeciesDatura metel L.
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