Common name
English: Angel's trumpet
German: Indischer Stechapfel
Mandarin: 洋金花 (yang jin hua)
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
Check for Datura metel at
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