Datura stramonium L., Sp. Pl. 179 1753. (Syn: Datura bernhardii Lundstr. ....; Stramonium foetidum Scop. ....); Common thornapple, Jimsonweed, thornapple, Jamestown-weed, Devil's apple;
In both D. stramonium and D. metel the plants are glabrous, hairy in D. inoxia The deciding difference between D. metel and D. stramonium is that mature fruit of D. metel is drooping, covered with short blunt tubercles barely exceeding 3 mm; in D. stramonium mature fruit is erect covered with long spines up to 5 mm long. In addition the following may help. Plants of D. metel are generally taller less branched and erect often reaching 1.5 m and tend to have purplish stem, in D. stramonium plants are shorter, more branched and spreading, stems not purplish. The leaves of D. stramonium are generally parted, whereas they are not parted in D. metel
Luckily you can distinguish them from vegetative plants and flowers also. 1. Plants glabrescent; calyx 5-angled; corolla less than 12 cm long; leaves sinnuate-dentate, anthers less than 5 mm long (capsule erect, 4-valved, with stout up to 5 mm long prickles)...D. stramonium 1a. Plants glabrescent or hairy; calyx cylindrical; corolla more than 12 cm long; leaves entire or sinuate but not dentate, anthers longer than 1 cm (capsule deflexed, irregularly dehiscent)... 2 2. Plants gladular-pubescent, not purple; calyx 8-10 cm long; corolla 15-18 cm long, anthers 10-17 mm long (capsules deflexed, covered with slender prickles, pubescent, irregularly dehiscent)......................D. inoxia 2a. Plants glabrescent, often purple; calyx 4-9 cm long; corolla 14-20 cm long; anthers 10-12 mm long (capsule deflexed, with short broad-based short prickles, irregularly dehiscent)...............D. metel
Solanaceae Week: Datura stramonium from Manali: Datura stramonium L., Sp. Pl. 179. 1753
Syn: Datura tatula L.; Datura stramonium var. tatula (Willd.) Clarke A common weed of roadsides and waste places in temperate climate characterised by more or less glabrous plants, sinuate dentate leaves and erect prickly capsules.
Photographed from Manali in October, 2009 Common names English: Common thorn apple, Stramonium thorn apple, Jimson weed, James Town weed Hindi: Dhatura Tel., Tam.: Ummata Solanaceae Week: Datura stramonium from Kashmir: Datura stramonium, photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir in June, 2010
Chamba - higher reaches id al100811: Flowers from my trek to the higher reaches in Chamba Datura stramonium.... Location Chamba Altitude 3000 mts Habit herb Habitat wild Plant height 2 feet Yes, Datura stramonium.... important fruits for Shiva temple puja... VoF Week: Datura stramonium from way to Ghangriya near Pulna Village: Datura stramonium from way to Ghangriya near Pulna Village Pls validate VOF Week: Datura stramonium?? --- en-route Ghangariya: Could this be Datura stramonium?? Location: En-route Ghangaria. identification of Datura sps from Mountabu DATURASNP21062013 : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. Plant observed at Mountabu. the plant i feel is not Datura ferox (which has irregularly thick spines on fruit). photographed on october 2012. Capsules are erect and tubercles longer. It should be D. stramonium. Solanaceae Fortnight:: Datura stramonium from Shimla-NS Feb 18/18 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4) These pictures were recorded from Shimla, I think this plant is Datura stramonium, please suggest if otherwise.. Solanaceae Fortnight:: Datura stramonium for validation from Uttrakhand-NS Feb 16/16: 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) This shrub was recorded from way to VOF near Gobind Ghat, Uttrakhand.. I hope this is Datura stramonium, please validate/suggest otherwise.. Very nice pictures, ..., another new to me. Solanaceae Fortnight: Solanaceae of Indonesia 5 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) Is it Datura stramonium? To me this is Datura stramonium as you proposed... Solanaceae Fortnight: Datura stramonium from Kashmir-GSFEB38/40 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) Datura stramonium, photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir in June, 2010 Solanaceae Fortnight: Datura stramonium from Manali-GSFEB39/41 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Datura stramonium L., Sp. Pl. 179. 1753 Syn: Datura tatula L.; Datura stramonium var. tatula (Willd.) Clarke A common weed of roadsides and waste places in temperate climate characterised by more or less glabrous plants, sinuate dentate leaves and erect prickly capsules. Photographed from Manali in October, 2009 Common names English: Common thorn apple, Stramonium thorn apple, Jimson weed, James Town weed Hindi: Dhatura Solanaceae Fortnight: Datura stramonium--- en-route Ghangariya: PKA-FEB33/33: : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Datura stramonium. Location: En-route Ghangaria. Thanks for sharing these photos, ...; I must have missed this plants !! Yes ... Datura stramonium L. (accepted name) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location: Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal Date : 2 June 2012Altitude : 4500 ft. Nepali Names : धतुरो Dhaturo / सेतो धतुरो Seto Dhaturo References:
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