Datura metel
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5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare
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5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare
Photo: Maureen Silva-Jones
5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare
Photo: Maureen Silva-Jones
5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare
Photo: Maureen Silva-Jones
5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare
Photo: Maureen Silva-Jones
5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Datura alba Rumph. Datura fastuosa L. |
| Common names: | Horn-of-plenty (English) |
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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Herb or shrub to 2 m, sometimes tinged purple or violet. Stems glabrous or sparsely pubescent, not viscid. Leaves petiolate; lamina 4-24 cm, ovate, entire to somewhat lobed; base often markedly asymmetric. Flowers solitary, rarely paid, erect at first, drooping later. Corolla 12-19 cm, showy, white, yellow, purple or violet, trumpet-shaped, single, double or even triple. Fruit somewhat upright to nodding, irregularly breaking up when ripe, covered with stout conical spines or tubercles. Seeds whitish to brown. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to America. Cultivated for ornament or medicinal pirposes and widely naturalised in the tropics and subtropics. |
| FZ divisions: | N,T,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 24 August 2008 |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Pages 31 - 35. (Includes a picture). Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 243. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 234. |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Datura metel
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Datura metelAfrican Plant Database: Datura metel
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