Seeds - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 47841 | |||||
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No Image | 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 | ||
Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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. |