Datura

Description: Datura (Chinese: 曼陀罗) is a genus of nine species of poisonous vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae, also known as devil's trumpets. Datura species are herbaceous, leafy annuals and short-lived perennials which can reach up to 2 m in height. The leaves are alternate, 10–20 cm long and 5–18 cm broad, with a lobed or toothed margin. The flowers are erect or spreading (not pendulous like those of Brugmansia), trumpet-shaped, 5–20 cm long and 4–12 cm broad at the mouth; colors vary from white to yellow, pink, and pale purple. The fruit is a spiny capsule 4–10 cm long and 2–6 cm broad, splitting open when ripe to release the numerous seeds. The seeds disperse freely over pastures, fields and even wasteland locations.

All species of Datura are poisonous, especially their seeds and flowers.

Locations in Campus: South of 185 Broadmead.

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