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Datura metel

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Datura

horn-of-plenty

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Stout annual herbs, branching above, glabrous or sparsely pubescent with simple hairs.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades ovate to broadly lanceolate, often 6–12 cm long, 3–8 cm wide. Apex acute to acuminate. Base oblique. Surfaces glabrescent, blades membranous. Margins entire to sinuate–dentate. Petioles 2–5 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers actinomorphic, solitary in stem forks, peduncles 5–10 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx angularly tubular, 5-lobed, ca. 5 cm long, the lobes triangular, 1–1.5 cm long. Corolla single, double, or triple, white, purple, or yellowish, up to ca. 15(–20) cm long, the lobes terminated by a pointed tip 1 cm long. Stamens 5 or more; anthers 10 mm long; filaments inserted in lower 1⁄2 of corolla tube; anthers dithecal, basifixed, opening by slits. Ovary superior, ca. 6 mm long; style up to 10 cm long; stigma laterally flattened.

Fruit: Capsules globose to ovate; ca. 5 cm in diameter; inclined; tuberculate or with short conical spines; opening irregularly; persistent calyx base somewhat thickened. Seeds numerous; yellowish brown; flattened; obovoid; 4 mm long; 3 mm wide; elaiosome large; endosperm present.

Ploidy: 2n = 24; 48

Habitat: Open; dry; disturbed areas.

Elevation Range: Low elevation.

Historical Distribution

Synonyms (46)

Brugmansia chlorantha (Hook.) Melliss (1875)
Brugmansia suaveolens var. flore-albo-pleno Reider (1830)
Brugmansia waymanii Paxton (1838)
Datura aegyptiaca Vis. (1836)
Datura alba F.Muell. (1868)
Datura alba var. africana Mattei (1908)
Datura bojeri Delile (1836)
Datura carthaginensis Anon. (1895)
Datura chlorantha Hook. (1859)
Datura chlorantha atroviolacea-plenissima Barr & Sugden (1866)
Datura cornucopaea Wilks (1894)
Datura cornucopia Pitcher & Manda (1893)
Datura dubia Bianca ex Tod. (1858)
Datura fastuosa L. (1759)
Datura fastuosa var. alba Bernh. (1827)
Datura fastuosa var. flaviflora O.E.Schulz ex O.C.Schmidt (1933)
Datura fastuosa var. glabra Bernh. (1827)
Datura fastuosa var. parviflora Nees (1834)
Datura fastuosa var. rubra Bernh. (1827)
Datura fastuosa var. tuberculata Bernh. (1827)
Datura fruticosa Hornem. (1813)
Datura humilis Desf. (1829)
Datura hummatu Bernh. (1833)
Datura hummatu var. fastuosa (L.) Bernh. (1833)
Datura hummatu var. muricata (Link) Bernh. (1833)
Datura hummatu var. rubra Bernh. (1833)
Datura laevis Schkuhr (1791)
Datura metel f. pleniflora O.Deg. (1934)
Datura metel var. dentata Schltdl. & Cham. (1830)
Datura metel var. fastuosa (L.) Saff. (1921)
Datura metel var. flaviflora (O.E.Schulz) Moldenke (1943)
Datura metel var. muricata (Link) Danert (1954)
Datura metel var. obscura Danert (1954)
Datura metel var. rubra (Bernh.) Danert (1954)
Datura metel var. viola Pandeya & A.B.Bhatt (1989)
Datura muricata Link (1821)
Datura nanakii Pandeya & A.B.Bhatt (1989)
Datura nigra Hassk. (1844)
Datura nilhummatu Dunal (1852)
Datura timoriensis Zipp. ex Span. (1841)
Datura trapezia Nees (1834)
Datura waymanii (Paxton) Steud. (1840)
Stramonium datura Noronha (1790)
Stramonium fastuosum (L.) Moench (1794)
Stramonium infernale Noronha (1790)
Stramonium metel (L.) Moench (1794)

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Only found in cultivation
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 179 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1255 (O, Mo, M, H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Datura metel L. Koloa, Wiliwili, Tadao Kawamoto residence garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 4861 Kauai BISH 12/13/1995
2 Datura metel L. KAUAI: Koloa, Wiliwili subdivision, Tadao Kawamoto residence, cultivated plants in gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 4861 Kauai PTBG 12/13/1995
3 Datura metel L. hanapepe and wahiawa watershed, ridge west of hte hanapape river PRESERVED_SPECIMEN urbain jean faurie; b.1847; d.1915; faurie 1081 NHMUK
4 Datura metel L. Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo Bridge section, at N end of "hau tunnel". Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 6445 Kauai PTBG 5/25/1990
5 Datura metel L. Koloa, Willwili subdivision, Tadao Kawamoto residence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Kawamoto, T. 4861 Kauai US 12/13/1995
6 Datura metel L. honolulu, 2436 burbank st., mrs. j.l. robertson's garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. Oahu BISH 4/2/1940
7 Datura metel L. koloa, willwili subdivision, tadao kawamoto residence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & t. kawamoto 4861 Kauai US 12/13/1995
8 Datura metel L. makena PRESERVED_SPECIMEN handy, e.s. collector number: 34.16 Maui BISH
9 Datura metel L. honolulu, kamehameha girls' school PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd jr., a.f. bryan jr., e.h.; neal, m.c. Oahu BISH 9/25/1937
10 Datura metel L. Honolulu, 2436 Burbank St., Mrs. J.L. Robertson's garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 4/2/1940
11 Datura metel L. Makena PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Handy, E.S. 34.16 Maui BISH 6/4/1934
12 Datura metel L. koloa, wiliwili, tadao kawamoto residence garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. kawamoto, t. collector number: 4861 Kauai BISH 12/13/1995
13 Datura metel L. Koloa District: Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden; Bamboo Bridge section, at N. end of "hau tunnel" PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 6445 Kauai BISH 5/25/1990
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