Botanical info | A 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 |
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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