Mineral Compositions of Datura: A Traditional Tropical Medicinal Plant

Abstract

Mineral compositions of leaf, seed, and flower of Datura metel, a tropical medicinal plant, have been ascertained in detail. Datura metel leaves have been found to be minerally richer than its seeds or flowers. The studied datura variety has been found to be a cobalt- and nickel-tolerant plant and a probable phytomonitor for these elements in soil.

Keywords:

• Mineral compositions
• Datura metel
• Phytomonitor

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur for his kind permission to publish this work. Help received from Ms. Sujata Maity in manuscript preparation is gratefully acknowledged.