Datura stramonium
(Common thornapple, False castor oil)
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FAMILY |
Solanaceae |
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Species |
Datura stramonium |
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Common name(s) |
Common thornapple, False castor oil |
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Flower colour; life form |
Flowers white to mauve. Herb, somewhat woody to about 1 m tall |
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Distinguishing features |
Leaf blade with a few deep lobes to 36 cm long. Flowers trumpet-shaped, petals 6-10 cm long, white to pale mauve, lobes ending in a slender point. Capsule erect, ovoid, usually about 100 spines of variable lengths present. |
