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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 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 *
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.
Arthritis Malaya 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.
Asthma India Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Boil Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Boil China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Boil India Duke, 1992 *