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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Datura metel

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

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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
Bronchodilator Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cholera Java *
Congestion Africa(Swahili) *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Cough China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Cough India *
Cough India(Gujarat) *
Cramp India(Santal) *
Dandruff India *
Delirium India(Santal) *
Demulcent India *
Dermatophytosis China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dermatosis Java *
Dropsy India(Santal) *
Earache Java *
Epididymitis India(Santal) *
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Erysipelas Java *
Expectorant India *
Fumitory Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.