Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Solanaceae | Genus: Datura | Species: Datura innoxia Mill. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Datura guayaquilensis Kunth, Datura meteloides DC. Ex Dunal | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Safed Dhatura | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Sacred Datura, Thorn Apple | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Safed Dhatura | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Upto 200m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | The fruit is an egg-shaped spiny capsule with numerous slender spines about 5 cm in diameter, capsule produce brown seeds, 4-5 mm long |
| Habitat | Weeds of degraded areas, farmland, roadsides | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Central And Southern America, WestIndies, South Western USA. Naturalised In The Mediterranean Area, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India And Malaysia | Bark Details | Smooth browinish in colour |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Erect or sprawling annual or short-lived perennial herb or small shrub, up to c. 2 m. Branches often purple-tinged, softly pubescent and more or less glandular. Leaves alternate, more or less broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 17 × 9.5 cm. flowers solitary in the forks of the branches. Calyx long and tube-like, up to 11.5 cm long. Corolla white or creamy, sometimes purple-tinged, 13-21 cm long. fruit nodding to pendulous, almost round to ovoid, up to 6 × 5.5 cm (including spines), covered with numerous slender spines, 8-12 mm long, purple-green to brownish when ripe, breaking up irregularly | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, more or less broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 17 × 9.5 cm |
