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 Latin nameDatura metel L.
 FamilySolanaceae
 Identified with (Skt)dhattūra, dhustūra
 Identified with (Hin)dhattūrā
 Identified with (Tam)ummattai
 Identified with (Mal)ummattu
 Identified with (Eng)Thorn apple, Jimson weed
 Botanical infoA succulent spreading annual herb or shrub, growing all over India, leaves triangular ovate in outline, unequal at the base, flowers large, purplish outside, white inside, fruits subglobose capsules covered with fleshy prickles
 Search occurrencedhattūra, dhustūra, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageDatura metel L. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 508)
dhattūra, m. the white thorn-apple, Datura Alba (used as a poison), Suśr. (also -raka, m. -kā, f.), Bhpr., Kāv.; gold, Kāv.; n. the fruit of Datura Alba, Kathās.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 517)
dhustura (L.) and -tūra (Kathās. Uṇ. iv, 90, Sch.; ifc. also -raka) thorn-apple (cf. dhattUra).

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 517)
dhūstūra, m. = dhustUra, the thorn-apple, L.


 
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