India has a great wealth of various naturally occurring plant drugs which have great potential pharmacological activities. Datura stramonium (D. stramonium) is one of the widely well known folklore medicinal herbs. Datura (Familiy-solanaceae), a genus of poisonous herbs, shrubs or small trees, is distributed throughout the tropical and warm temperate region of the world. The word ‘Datura’ is derived from the Arabic name ‘Tatorah’ or the Hindustani ‘Dhatura’.This genus is represented by about 11 species (Datura ceratocaula, D. innoxia, D. metel, D. quercifolia, D. stramonium, D. tatula, D. discolor, D. wrightii, D. alba, D. fastuosa, D. ferox) of which D. innoxia, D. metel and D. stramonium are important drug plant whereas some are ornamenatals. (D. innoxia and D. metel).
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