Family:
Solanaceae
Synonym: Stramonium vulgatum Gaertn.
Vernacular name: Ummam
Habi: Shrub
Habitat: Scrub jungles and wastelands
Distribution: North America, India, Temperate regions
Flowering and Fruiting: July-September
Key identification features: Plant 60-120 cm or more tall, branched, pubescent; Leaves ovate or broadly so, sinuately dentate, minutely puberulose. Corolla white or purplish Capsule erect, spiny and densely pubescent. Seeds reniform, reticulate-foveolate, and black.
Uses:
It is
well-known as a treatment for chest complaints,
including asthma, cough, tuberculosis and bronchitis.
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