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'''Dhatura'''is a toxic shrub that can be found growing on roadsides and wastelands. Although toxic, thorn apple is a popular traditional medicine and is commonly harvested from the wild for local use. It is sold in markets, both for traditional use and as a source of compounds for the pharmaceutical industry. The plant is also used as a pesticide and repellent. It is often grown as an ornamental in tropical to temperate areas of the world, particularly types with double flowers and purple flowers.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Skin disorders}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Flower}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names, ==
{{Common names|kn=biliyummatta, dathuri, datthoora, unmatta|ml=mudela-nila-hummatu, ummattu|sa=dhatura, dhurta, ghantapuspa, shivapriya|ta=unmattam, vellaiyumattai, |te=tella-ummetha, duthooramu, ummettha|hi=dhattura, |en=Datura, thorn apple}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Laghu (Light). Rooksha (Dry)
===Guna===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|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}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary|Creamy white|5|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}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|3 cm|spherical, covered with short spines, dehiscence irregular.| Seeds compressed, c. 5 mm long, smooth, brown.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:A plant of Datura metel.JPG
File:2016 Singapur, Ogrody botaniczne (191).jpg
File:Datura metel.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/dhattura-datura-metel "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* https://easyayurveda.com/2014/07/01/dhattura-datura-metel/
* http://www.jahm.in/index.php/JAHM/article/view/490/0
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Shrub]]
'''Dhatura'''is a toxic shrub that can be found growing on roadsides and wastelands. Although toxic, thorn apple is a popular traditional medicine and is commonly harvested from the wild for local use. It is sold in markets, both for traditional use and as a source of compounds for the pharmaceutical industry. The plant is also used as a pesticide and repellent. It is often grown as an ornamental in tropical to temperate areas of the world, particularly types with double flowers and purple flowers.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Skin disorders}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Flower}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names, ==
{{Common names|kn=biliyummatta, dathuri, datthoora, unmatta|ml=mudela-nila-hummatu, ummattu|sa=dhatura, dhurta, ghantapuspa, shivapriya|ta=unmattam, vellaiyumattai, |te=tella-ummetha, duthooramu, ummettha|hi=dhattura, |en=Datura, thorn apple}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Laghu (Light). Rooksha (Dry)
===Guna===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|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}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary|Creamy white|5|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}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|3 cm|spherical, covered with short spines, dehiscence irregular.| Seeds compressed, c. 5 mm long, smooth, brown.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:A plant of Datura metel.JPG
File:2016 Singapur, Ogrody botaniczne (191).jpg
File:Datura metel.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/dhattura-datura-metel "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* https://easyayurveda.com/2014/07/01/dhattura-datura-metel/
* http://www.jahm.in/index.php/JAHM/article/view/490/0
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Shrub]]
