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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Datura metel (Solanaceae)

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

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) India *
Ache(Head) India(Santal) *
Ache(Tooth) Kecubung *
Analgesic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anasarca India(Santal) *
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) *
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 Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne Malaya *
Arthritis Malaya *
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 *
Bite(Snake) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Boil Malaya *
Boil China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Boil India *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.