About Datura
Datura innoxia (often spelled inoxia), known as pricklyburr, recurved thorn-apple, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, lovache, moonflower, nacazcul, toloatzin, toloaxihuitl, tolguache or toloache, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is more rarely called sacred datura, a common name which is applied more often to the closely related Datura wrightii. It is native to the Southwestern United States, Central and South America, and introduced in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The scientific name is often cited as D. innoxia. When English botanist Philip Miller first described the species in 1768, he misspelled the Latin word innoxia (inoffensive) when naming it D. inoxia.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Datura innoxia
- Genus
- Datura
- Family
- SOLANACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- Mexico
- Distribution
- Introduced in most parts of the world
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- सफ़ैद धतूरा Safed dhatura
- Tamil
- ஊமத்தை
- Telugu
- ఉమ్మెత్త
- Malayalam
- Ummata, ഡാറ്റുറ ഇൻനോക്സിയ
- Marathi
- धोतरा Dhotara, धुत्रो Dhutro
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Datura belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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