Datura Seed

Description:-

Datura is 30 to 150 cm tall, with erect, forking and purple stems. The leaves are large, 7 to 20 cm long and have irregular teeth a la oaks. The flowers are one of the most distinctive characteristics of datura. They open and close, at irregular intervals, during the evening. The native range of the plant continues to remain ambiguous. It is believed that the birds carry the seeds of the datura and spread it in their droppings. The seed lies underground for a long time and germinates whenever the soil is disturbed.

                             

Details:

Botanical Name: Datura Stramonium

English Name :Thorn-apple, Jimson or Jamestown weed, Stramonium

Hindi Name: Datura, Dhaturo, Dhatura, Kala Dhatura

Manipuri Name :Sagol hidak

Malayalam Name :Ummata

Tamil Name :Vellum mattai

Gujrati  Name : Unmatta

Marathi  Name : Kanaka

Malayalam  Name : Maraummam,Unmatta, Dhattura

Tamil  Name : Ummatta
French Name :  Stramoine Vulgaire

German Name : Gemeine Stechapfel

Spanish Name  : Toloache,Taguaro,Loco weed

Arabic Name :Datur

Persian Name :Tatur

Dutch Name :Dotter

Egyptian Name :Kechu-booh

Malayan Name :Kechubung

Bali Name :Kecubong

Chinese Name : Man-t’o-lo

Philippines Name :Kachubong

Family: Solanaceae

Part Used : Seed,Bark

Medicinal Uses :

• Datura is internally used in relieving the spasm of bronchitis in asthma. It is also used in the treatment of Parkinsonism and Hemorrhoids. Its leaves, applied after roasting, are useful in relieving pain.
• The bitter narcotic plant relieves pain and encourages the healing process. The plant has a very long history of being used as herbal medicine.
• Its leaves, flowering tops and seeds have anodyne, antiasthmatic, antispasmodic, hallucinogenic, hypnotic, mydriatic and narcotic properties. The seeds of the plant are the most active medicinally.
• Datura is internally used for treating giddiness, dry mouth, hallucinations and coma.
• Externally, the plant is used as a poultice in treating fistulas, abscesses wounds and severe neuralgia.
• Traces of scopolamine are also found in the plant, which is a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen that has been used to calm schizoid patients.
• Its leaves, containing hyoscyamine and atropine, can be used as an immensely powerful mind-altering drug.
• The seeds of datura are analgesic, anthelmintic and anti-inflammatory and as such, they are used in the treatment of stomach and intestinal pain that results from worm infestation, toothache, and fever from inflammations.
• The juice of its fruit is applied to the scalp, to treat dandruff and falling hair.
• The growing plant works as an insect repellant, which protects neighboring plants from insects. 

                                       

Click Here For Buy: