Which is the particular type of drug that is obtained from the plants whose one flowering branch is shown…

Which is the particular type of drug that is obtained from the plants whose one flowering branch is shown below?
  1. Hallucinogen
  2. Depressant
  3. Stimulant
  4. Pain - Killer

Solution

The plant or the flower that is shown above is Datura. It is a genus of nine species of poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is a source of a psychoactive compound or drug which causes hallucinations. 

Asked in: NEET 2014

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