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

 Datura fastuosa (Solanaceae)

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

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Uses 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 Nigeria Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor India 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 East Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*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.