Karu umatha geda PRODUCT NAME
Datura metel Linn. Datura fastuosa Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Karu umatha geda |
| Local Name: | Karu umatha geda (Kurumba); Umatha (Irula); Tamil-Karuoomatthai; Hindi-Dhatura |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
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| Product Description: | Shrub. F lower: Solitary, white with purple on the outside. Fruit: A capsule covered with short blunt spines. Seeds many, circular, compressed, and rugose. Leaves purplish to dark green. Flower funnel shaped. Large double/triple flowers also seen |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Common in hills upto 1500m. Occasionally in the plains. On wastelands, farms, roadsides and rubbish heaps. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | flowers roots seeds shoots |
| Uses: | Flower rolled in a leaf of Mallotus philippensis and smoked like a beedi for relief from asthma Root good medicine for hangovers. Seeds germinate profusely. Seeds crushed, mixed with oil and applied on wounds Shoots crushed to prepare a medicine to cure mumps |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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