Datura metel L.
Datura metel L.
Datura metel L.
Datura metel L.
MS072 : Datura metel L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 341 |
| Synonym | : | Datura aegyptiaca Vest.;
Datura alba Nees.;
Datura bojeri Delile.;
Datura carthaginensis Hort.;
Datura dubia Rich. ex Pers.;
Datura fastuosa L.;
Datura fastuosa var. alba (Nees) C. B. Cl.;
Datura fruticosa Hornem.;
Datura hummatu Bernh.;
Datura metel Moc. & Sessé ex Dun.;
Datura muricata Link.;
Datura nanakii S.C. Pandeya & A.B. Bhatt.;
Datura nilhummatu Dun.;
Datura timoriensis Zipp. ex Span.;
Stramonium datura Noronha.;
Stramonium fastuosum (L.) Moench.;
Stramonium globosum Bub.;
Stramonium infernale Noronha.;
Stramonium metel (L.) Moench.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Dhotra, Devils Weed, Jimpson Weed, Thorn apple, Purple Horn-of-Plenty, Datura, Ummam, Datura Blackcurrant Swirl, Oomatthai, Karu Umatha, Karu Oomatthai, Datura Double Purple, Datura Triple Yellow |
| Plant Family | : | Solanaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Galfugi, Antibiotic; Thorn apple is a bitter narcotic plant that relieves pain and encourages healing. It has a long history of use as a herbal medicine, being especially well-known as a treatment for chest complaints, including asthma, cough, tuberculosis and bronchitis. The whole plant, but especially the leaves and seed, is abortifacient, anaesthetic, anodyne, antispasmodic, antitussive, bronchodilator, hallucinogenic, hypnotic and mydriatic. It has a wide range of applications, including in the treatment of epilepsy, hysteria, insanity, heart diseases, fever with catarrh, Diarrhea, skin diseases etc. Anaesthetic, antiDiarrheal, anti-pyretic, anti-septic, anodyne, antispasmodic, antitussive, hallucinogenic, hypnotic, hydriatic, narcotic. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: hyoscyamine; hyoscine; atropine; scopolamine; daturadiol; daturalone; factusine; apophyoscine; norhyoscine; meteloidine; noratropine; tropine; pseudotropine; Isofraxidin; Scopatone; 1,4-Benzenediol; Arenarine D; Vanillin; Scopoletin; G-Sitosterol; Hyoscyamilactol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| 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+metel
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32582
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26983236 |
| Reference | : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ Muhaimin Rifa’i, Dewi Satwika, Aulanni AM; "Datura metel linn ameliorates asthma symptoms in BALB/c mice"; J. Bio-sci (2014); 22: 01-8 PMID : ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ Clarke R., Lundy F., and McGarvey L.; "Herbal treatment in asthma and COPD – current evidence"; Clinical Phytoscience (2015); 1(4): PMID : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Solanaceae - Potato family |
| Genus | : Datura |
| Species | : Datura metel L. |