Angel's Trumpet
Datura arborea
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Angel's Trumpet
Identify Angel's Trumpet 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 leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Smooth capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Datura arborea
- Genus
- Datura
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Regionally Extinct in Wild (EW)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The ovate leaves have coarsely toothed margins when in their best condition.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The ovate leaves have coarsely toothed margins when in their best condition.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Angel's Trumpet itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family.
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 Angel's Trumpet itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Angel's Trumpet
Angel's trumpet (Datura arborea) is a shrub in the Solanaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and 12 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Angel's Trumpet belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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