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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Datura fastuosa (Solanaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Dhatoora; Ketjoeboeng; Thorn Apple; Safeer Al Soltan

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Total Uses: 12

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Asthma	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cancer	India(Hindu)	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Fertility	Mozambique(Tsonga)
Fumitory	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hallucinogen	Mozambique(Tsonga)
Narcotic	Iraq	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Puberty	Mozambique(Tsonga)
Spasm	Iraq	Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tumor	India	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor	East Indies	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor	Pakistan	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor	Nigeria	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.