7415.000 Datura L.

Description of the genus

Usually foetid, annual herbs, sometimes perennial and shrubby. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed; the tube circumscissile near the base after anthesis, leaving an annular remnant which expands in fruit. Corolla white, violet or purplish: tube long and narrow, flared upwards with short cuspidate or caudate lobes. Fruit a spherical, spiny (rarely spines 0) usually dehiscent capsule.

Derivation of name: from an Indian vernacular name

Worldwide: 12 species, native to southern N America and widely introduced and naturalised into warm and temperate regions of the world

Burundi: 3 taxa.

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SpeciesContent
inoxia Mill.Description, Image
metel L.Description, Image
stramonium L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Datura:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Datura
Flora of Malawi: Datura
Flora of Mozambique: Datura
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Datura
Flora of Zambia: Datura
Flora of Zimbabwe: Datura
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Datura

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Datura
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Datura
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Datura
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Datura
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Datura
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Datura
JSTOR Plant Science: Datura
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Datura
Plants of the World Online: Datura
Tropicos: Datura
Wikipedia: Datura



Flora of Burundi: Genus page: Datura.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1252, retrieved 21 November 2024

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