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Ethnobotanical Plant Datura metel

Common Name
Tatula; Kechubong; Kachubang; Metel; Kechubong hitam; L.; Dhatoora; Gawz Mathil; Kidi Ganian; Kechubong puteh; Ke-Tyosen-Asagao; Kuchubong

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) India Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Kecubung Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anasarca India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Anodyne China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Anodyne India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Anodyne Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Arthritis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Asthma India Duke, 1992 *
Asthma China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Asthma Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bite(Snake) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Boil India Duke, 1992 *
Boil Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Boil China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.