Datura metel

D.innoxia

Family Solanaceae
 Description
D.metel D.innoxia
 Petiolate
 Petiolate
 Ovate / cordate
 Ovate
 Unequal at base  Acute apex
 Acute apex  Densely pubescent
 Glabrous lamina surface
 Entire margin / small
teeth
 3 – 4 coarse teeth on each
side  7 – 10 secondary veins
 4 – 6 secondary veins on on either side
each side
 Cultivation

 Raised from seeds

 Germinate slowly in 15 – 25 days
 To increase the germination rate they
were soaked in water & kept overnight
before sowing
 Planted at a distance of 75 – 100cm apart
 Organic fertilizers & proper irrigation is
needed
 Collected after 4 months
 Microscopy (dorsiventral leaf)
 It exhibits Bifacial structure
Midrib
Lamina  Both Epidermis
 Epidermis both upper & present
lower  Palisade replaced
Cuticle present by collenchyma
Anisocytic stomata  V.B
Covering trichomes
Uniseriate , multicellular , Bicollateral
Blunt at apex Xylem slightly
Glandular trichomes curved
Unicellular stalk ,1-2-4 celled
head
 Mesophyll

Palisade single layered

Calcium oxalate in cells
 Constituents

 Alkaloids scopolamine
(hyoscine)
 Traces of hyoscyamine &
atropine

Uses
 CNS stimulant