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Catalogue Number: 47841

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Plant Name 114.01 SOLANACEAE Datura metel Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description India
Uses SeedsUse: MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 23 B 3
Donor Date Donor Notes British Empire Exhib Indian Pavilion Date: 00/00/1924x0Dx0APaul BK & Cox0Dx0A
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Notes: Label source: Among the (20) Indian Daturas or Thorn-apple, D. fastuosa var. alba, D. metel and D. Stramonium have found their places in the British pharmacopoeia. The leaves are smoked in asthma. Locally the leaves are applied in lumbago, rheumatic swe, llings, etc. The seeds are considered to be more powerfully narcotic.

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