Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Solanaceae
Datura fastuosa L.
(Syn: Datura alba Rumphius ex Nees)
English name: Thorn apple/double purple.
Local name: Datror, Dhatura.
Description:
Large herb to subshrub, about 40-100 cm or more tall with glabrous branches. Leaves
angular, dark green margin wavy or dentate. Flowers trumpet shaped, usually white or
sometime pale violaceous, or purplish. Fruit globose covered with rigid prickles, many
seeded.
Flowering Period:
September toApril.
Habitat:
Mostly found near human settlements in sandy and gravelly
somewhat moist soil.
Uses:
It is a highly poisonous species; seeds are used in different
skin diseases and in the whooping cough asthma. Juice of
leaves are used in body pain e.g. toothache, earache, gout
pain.
Distribution:
Native to TropicalAmerica, now widespread in Tropical and
Subtropical countries all over the World.
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