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Chinna motori PRODUCT NAME

Nicandra physaloides (Linn.) Gaertner = Atropa physaloides Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Chinna motori 
Local Name: Chinna motori (Irula); Kunna motori (Kurumba). 
Family: Solanaceae 
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Product Description: A leafy herb Flower: Solitary, extra axillary, bluish Fruit: A globose berry. Seeds many, compressed. Berry enveloped by inflated persistent calyx. Fruits eaten by rodents. Fruits and leaves eaten by mouse deer 
NTFP Classification: Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Feed, fodder and fuelwood

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: American Samoa
Description: Fallow ground and weed of cultivation. Common in Central America, now widely naturalized 

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: roots
Uses: Root medicinal
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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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