Datura innoxia Mill.
Vernacular name: Datura
Species Name: Datura innoxia Mill.
Family: Solanaceae
Habit: Perennial Herb
Stem: Covered in short with short, soft grayish hair.
Leaf: elliptic entire-edged leaves.
Flowering: May-September
Flowers: Solitary inflorescence, bisexual flowers, White, stout and pubescent pedicels, Calyx pubescent outside, green tubular 5-toothed, Corolla infundibuliform, white, glabrous outside, puberulous on the inside, 10-toothed, Stamens included, filaments slender, glabrous, Ovary clothed with soft white
Fruit: July-October
Propagation: Seed
Uses:
- In traditional medicine, it is a reputed drug in the treatment of rabid dog-bites and poisonous insect bites. The dried leaves and flowering tops are known for their narcotic and anti-spasmodic properties.
- The seeds and leaves are narcotic and antispasmodic, immediate relief comes after smoking a small-quantity of leaves in asthma.
- The seeds are highly poisonous containing anticholinergic alkaloids and have been used for centuries in criminal purposes.
