Hyoscyamus muticus

Hyoscyamus muticus is a perennial herb or shrub growing up to 1.5 metres tall. The plant is gathered from the wild and used locally in traditional medicine. It is a rich source of alkaloids that are of interest to the pharmaceutical industry and consequently, the plant is often gathered from the wild and is also occasionally cultivated in countries such as Egypt, Pakistan and India.

Uses

Motion sickness.

Parts Used

Seeds, Fresh leaves.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Spacing for optimal leaf production and alkaloid yield is about 45 cm between rows and 15 cm in the rows.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Occurs in desert areas, Rocky localities, Plains.

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External Links

• Hyoscyamus muticus on prota4u.org