Medical plant kecubung or (Daura Metel) including clump plant type which has a main stem and thick wood. Many branches and expands to the right and left, thus forming a wide space. However, the height of the cone-shaped plant is less than 2 meters. The leaves are oval shaped and at the sharp scalloped edges and lying face to face. Amethyst flower resembles a trumpet and white or violet. The fruit is nearly spherical which one end is supported by a short stalk bunches and strongly attached. Fruit cone-shaped, the outer part, decorated with thorns, and it contains small seeds brownish yellow. In addition to Amethyst Poor (Datura Metel) there are also other types, namely Small Amethyst (Datura Stramonium) and amethyst Forest (Brugmansia Suaveolens, Humb, Bonpl, ex Wild, Bercht and Presl). kecubung match live in low altitude areas of land 800 feet above sea level. In addition to growing wild in the fields, medical plant kecubung is also often planted in the garden or court yard in the countryside. Propagation of this plant through seeds and cuttings.
Curable diseases:
Asthma,
Rheumatic,
Back pain,
rheumatic pain,
ulcers,
eczema;
medical plant kecubung (Datura Metel) contains several chemical compounds, including: hyoscine, co-oxalate, fatty substances, atropine (hyosiamin) and scopolamine. Amethyst with the white flowers often considered the most toxic than other types of amethyst which also contain alkaloids. For that use extreme caution and limited as foreign drugs. Attention! If someone poisoning medical plant amethyst, try not to fall asleep. And to resist poisoning is to drink coffee and try so hard to breathe fresh air as much as possible.
