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Amethyst is a plant that could produce drugs that have been known for thousands of years. As a member of the tribe of the Solanaceae, this plant is still sekerabat with datura, ornamental plants with large trumpet-shaped flowers. Flowering usually white and amethyst or purple, but flowering hybrids of different colors. It is estimated that this plant was first used as a medicine in the tenth century. There amethyst originating from Southeast Asia, but there are also those who came from the Americas.

Amethyst grow in warm climates and is cultivated in all parts of the world because it contains properties and also for ornamental plants. First introduced by Linnaeus in 1753, but still not right about the botanical drawings and descriptions of amethyst. Region of origin is the source of this plant can not be known with certainty. Parts amethyst, but especially the seeds, contains alkaloids that affect hallucinogens.

Amethyst Have Efficacy Drug Could Be Toxic.

Amethyst has medicinal properties as well could be toxic. Amethyst can grow wild in the forest, but can also be ornamental plants in the yard.

Amethyst is a flowering plant like a trumpet. There are at least nine types of plants which are commonly called Amethyst Amethyst Poor (Datura metel), Small Amethyst (Datura stramonium), and Amethyst Forest (Brugmansia suaveolens). However, the most commonly known as Amethyst in Indonesia is Datura metel.

Amethyst in several regions in Indonesia known as Amethyst, Kacubung, Cubung (Javanese and Sundanese), Kacobhung, Cobhung (Madura), Bembe (Bima), Bulutube (Gorontalo), Taruapalo (Seram), Tampong-tampong (Bugis), Kucubu ( Halmahera, Ternate), Padura (Tidore), Karontungan, Tahuntungan (Minahasa), Babotek (East). In Sumatra, also known as Toru Mabo, Kucubu, or Kecubueng. While the name of this plant in the English language is the Angel's Trumpet, Devil's Trumpet, or metel. And in Latin (scientific) called Datura metel.

Description and Characteristics Amethyst.

Amethyst (Daura metel) is a herbaceous plant which trunked wood and thick. This plant has many branches which expands to the right and to the left. Amethyst higher plants generally less than 2 meters.

Leaves Amethyst (Angel's Trumpet) are green, oval and on the grooved edges sharp and located opposite each other. The end tapered leaves with pinnate leaves bones.

Amethyst flower resembles a trumpet with white or violet. But the ornamental Amethyst can have a wide range of flower colors. Purple petals. Flowers about 12-18 cm long. Amethyst flowers usually start blooming in the afternoon before the evening.

Amethyst round fruit with one end attached to a strong short-stemmed and 4-5 cm diameter. On the outside of the cone-shaped fruit, decorated spines while the inside contains small seeds brownish yellow. Fruit green amethyst. Amethyst seeds brownish yellow and flattened shape.

Amethyst used to live in low altitude areas of land 800 meters above sea level. In addition to growing wild in the woods and fields, amethyst is also often planted in the garden or planted as an ornamental plant in the yard. Propagation is by seed or cuttings.

Benefits and Poison Amethyst.

Amethyst, especially the type of Datura metel, contains several chemical compounds, including: hyoscine, co-oxalate, fatty substances, atropine (hyosiamin) and scopolamine. The content of this makes Amethyst can be used as traditional medicine for various diseases such as asthma, rheumatism, lumbago, stiff sore, ulcers and eczema, toothache, dandruff, to menstrual pain. The most often used as a herbal medicine is cone-shaped leaves.

However amethyst also contain toxic substances such as alkaloids that have hallucinogenic effects, especially on the seeds. In some cases the use of poison found Amethyst seeds to commit suicide.

No wonder if Amethyst which has flowers like this trumpet in English referred to as Angel's Trumpet once Devil's Trumpet. Because the properties could make Amethyst like 'Angel Helper' but if misused, the poison can also be 'Devil Killer'. Thank you for reading this article.
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