Datura stramonium, Ummam, Thorn apple, വെള്ള ഉമ്മം

Family: Solanaceae
Vernacular names: Ummam, വെള്ള ഉമ്മം (Malayalam), Thorn apple (English), Durdhura (Sanskrit), Simaiyumattai (Tamil)
Distribution: Widely distributed in most parts of the temperate regions of the world
Description: Under shrubs. Leaves simple, ovate or broadly lanceolate, sinuately dentate. Flowers white or purplish suffused. Capsule erect, ovoid, spiny; seeds, reniform, reticulate-foveolate.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Scrub jungles and wastelands
Flowering & Fruiting: July-September

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Plant is acrid, narcotic, toxic, aphrodisiac, bitter, febrifuge, anthelmintic and emetic. Seeds are used to treat leucoderma, painful piles, skin diseases, ulcers, bronchitis, biliousness, jaundice and piles. Whole plant is used to treat pains of tumour. Roasted leaves are used to treat eye pain, headache, enlargement of testicle and boils. Root is used to treat inflammation.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
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