Datura metel L.

English: Angel's trumpet

German: Indischer Stechapfel

Mandarin: 洋金花 (yang jin hua)

Kingdom: Plantae (2635)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)

      Order: Solanales (96)

        Family: Solanaceae (50)(family description)

          Genus: Datura (2)

            Epithet: metel L. (1)

Synonyms: Brugmansia chlorantha (Hook.) Melliss, Datura aegyptiaca Vest., Datura alba Nees, Datura bojeri Delile, Datura carthaginensis Anon., Datura chlorantha Hook., Datura cornucopia Pitcher & Manda, Datura dubia Bianca, Datura fastuosa L., Datura fruticosa Hornem., Datura hummatu Bernh., Datura metel O.Deg., Datura muricata Link, Datura nanakii Pandeya & A.B.Bhatt, Datura nigra Hassk., Datura nilhummatu Dunal, Datura timoriensis Zipp., Datura trapezia Nees, Stramonium datura Noronha, Stramonium fastuosum (L.) Moench, Stramonium globosum Bubani, Stramonium infernale Noronha, Stramonium metel (L.) Moench

aegyptiaca => of Egyptian origin

alba => white

carthaginensis => from Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar Department, Colombia

dubia => doubtful, uncertain (usually in regard to taxonomic placement)

fastuosa => haughty, proud, showy

fastuosum => haughty, proud, showy

fruticosa => shrubby, bushy

metel => metel is derived from 'mathil', the Arabic name for the fruit of such plant

muricata => full of rough, short, sharp points

nigra => black, blackness

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

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