Datura metel L.

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5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare

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Synonyms:	Datura alba Rumph. Datura fastuosa L.
Common names:	Horn-of-plenty (English)
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Description:	Herb or shrub to 2 m, sometimes tinged purple or violet. Stems glabrous or sparsely pubescent, not viscid. Leaves petiolate; lamina 4-24 cm, ovate, entire to somewhat lobed; base often markedly asymmetric. Flowers solitary, rarely paid, erect at first, drooping later. Corolla 12-19 cm, showy, white, yellow, purple or violet, trumpet-shaped, single, double or even triple. Fruit somewhat upright to nodding, irregularly breaking up when ripe, covered with stout conical spines or tubercles. Seeds whitish to brown.
Notes:	There were only 2 Zimbabwean specimens of this species in SRGH on 23 April 2008; details have been added to this site. Both records are of cultivated plants; there are no records yet of this species becoming naturalised.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to America. Cultivated for ornament or medicinal pirposes and widely naturalised in the tropics and subtropics.
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Content last updated:	Sunday 24 August 2008
Literature:	Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 243.

Other sources of information about Datura metel:

African Plant Database: Datura metel
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Datura metel
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Datura metel
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Datura metel
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Datura metel
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Datura metel
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Datura metel
JSTOR Plant Science: Datura metel
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Datura metel
Tropicos: Datura metel
West African Plants database: Datura metel