Datura arborea L.

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
  • Basionym : Datura speciosa Salisb.; Elisia formosissima Milano; Pseudodatura arborea (L.) Zijp; Stramonium arboreum (L.) Moench; Brugmansia arbuscula Bosse; Brugmansia cornigera (Hook.) Lagerh.; Datura cornigera Hook.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Brugmansia arborea (L.) Steud.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Grown in the gardens
  • Comments / notes : Planted along hedges and fences around coffee estates and gardens.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
  • Native : Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru
  • Conservation Status : Regionally Extinct in Wild (EW)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Datura arborea. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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