Nombres vernáculos
(en territorios con usos significativos TRAMIL)
Haití:
- datira
Distribución geográfica
Ampliamente distribuida en el trópico y subtrópico del viejo y nuevo mundo.
Descripción botánica
Herbácea anual, de hasta 1 m de altura, glabra o pubescente en las partes jóvenes. Hojas alternas, ovadas, acuminadas, algo dentadas, de hasta 20 cm. Flores erectas, de 6 a 10 cm; cáliz tubular, casi cilíndrico, estrecho, de 3 a 4 cm, con dientes agudos; corola blanca, lóbulos 5 con apéndices filiformes. Cápsula erguida, dehiscente, cubierta de espinas largas y agudas; semillas reniformes.
Voucher(s)
Jiménez,686,JBSD
Farmacopea
Ed.3References
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De acuerdo con la información disponible:
El uso de flor y de hoja secas para crisis de asma y disnea se clasifica como tOxicO (TOX).
Dada la toxicidad de las partes aéreas de esta planta, conviene desalentar su uso, independientemente del reconocimiento de las cualidades terapéuticas atribuidas.
En caso de intoxicación por ingestión y/o inhalación de las partes aéreas, debe buscar asistencia médica.