Dhatura / Angel's Trumpet
Brugmansia suaveolens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- August-May
How to identify Dhatura
Identify Dhatura by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Smooth capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Solanaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dhatura.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Brugmansia suaveolens
- Genus
- Brugmansia
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Brazil
- Distribution
- Naturalized in Tropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-May
- Conservation status
- Regionally Extinct in Wild (EW)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Solanaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- Smooth capsulerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dhatura itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Dhatura धतूरा
- Nepali
- ढ्वाँगे धतुरो
- Tamil
- மாதுளம் Madulam, புருக்மான்சியா சுவேலன்சு
- Malayalam
- Ummata, എയ്ഞ്ചൽസ് ട്രമ്പറ്റ്, Angel's trumpet
About Dhatura
A member of the Solanaceae family, Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia suaveolens) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and 10 other states. It is planted. Flowering and fruiting run from August to May.
Uses
Locally it is planted as an ornamental. Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Dhatura belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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