Datura inoxia Mill. - pricklyburr
Datura inoxia Mill. - pricklyburr
Datura inoxia Mill. - pricklyburr
Datura inoxia Mill. - pricklyburr
Datura inoxia Mill. - pricklyburr
Datura inoxia Mill. - pricklyburr
MS071 : Datura inoxia Mill.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 340 |
| Synonym | : | Datura innoxia P. Miller.;
Brugmansia waymanni Paxt.;
Datura guayaquilensis Kunth.;
Datura humilis Desf.;
Datura laevis Schkuhr.;
Datura meteloides DC. ex Dun.;
Datura wagmanni Steud.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Dhotra, Datura • Hindi: Safed dhatura • Malayalam: Ummata • Manipuri: Sagol hidak • Marathi: Dhutro • Sanskrit: Dhattura • Tamil: vellum mattai |
| Plant Family | : | Solanaceae |
| Description | : | a perennial or annual shrubby plant that typically reaches a height of 2-5 ft. Its stems and leaves are covered with short and soft grayish hairs, giving the whole plant a grayish appearance. It has ovate to elliptic entire-edged leaves. The flowers are white, trumpet-shaped, 12?19 cm long. They first grow upright, and later incline downward. It flowers from early summer until late fall. The fruit is an egg-shaped spiny capsule, about 5 cm in diameter. It splits open when ripe, dispersing the seeds. Another means of dispersal is by the fruit spines getting caught in the fur of animals, who then carry the fruit far from the mother plant. The seeds have hibernation capabilities, and can last for years in the soil. The seeds, as well as the entirety of this plant, act as deliriants, but have a high probability of overdose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | All parts of the plant are anodyne, antispasmodic, hallucinogenic, hypnotic and narcotic. It has been used in the past as a pain killer and also in the treatment of insanity, fevers with catarrh, Diarrhea and skin diseases. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: scopolamine; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Datura+inoxia
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Datura.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265832 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID : ~ Patil, HM and Bhaskar, VV; "Medicinal uses of plnats by tribal medicine men of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra"; Natural Product Radiance (2006); 5(2): 125-130 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Solanaceae - Potato family |
| Genus | : Datura L. - jimsonweed |
| Species | : Datura inoxia Mill. - pricklyburr |