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Datura metal L.
Synonyms
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Datura fastuosa L.
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Family
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Solanaceae
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Local Name
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English - Devils weed
Malayalam – Ummam
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Flowering and Fruiting Period
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March - December
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Distribution
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Paleotropics
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Distribution in Kerala
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All
district
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Habitat
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Naturalized waste land.
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IUCN Status
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Least Concerned
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Uses
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Whole
plant is used for scrofula, scorpion sting poisoning,fever,burning sensation,
skin diseases.
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Key Botanical Characters:
Subshrubs; branches somewhat zigzag. Leaves entire or angled with acute lobes, ovate, base oblique, apex acute or acuminate. Flowers solitary in axil, erect. Calyx 6-8 cm
long, tubular, 5-lobed, minutely pubescent.
Corolla creamy-white, funnel-shaped; teeth 5,
cuspidate. Stamens 5, attached towards
the base of corolla tube, included, subequal; filaments hairy at base. Capsule spherical, covered
with short spines, dehiscence irregular.
Seeds compressed, smooth, brown.
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