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Family: Solanaceae	Genus: Datura	Species: Datura innoxia Mill.( सफ़ेद धतूरा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Datura guayaquilensis Kunth, Datura meteloides DC. Ex Dunal	Flower Color	Blue - Purple
Common Name	Safed Dhatura	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Sacred Datura, Thorn Apple	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Safed Dhatura	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 200m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit nodding to pendulous, almost round to ovoid, covered with numerous slender spines, purple-green to brownish when ripe, breaking up irregularly
Habitat	Weeds of degraded areas, farmland, roadsides	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Central And Southern America, WestIndies, South Western USA. Naturalised In The Mediterranean Area, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India And Malaysia	Bark Details	Smooth Browinish In Colour
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Erect or sprawling annual or short-lived perennial small shrub, up to c. 2 m. Branches often purple-tinged, softly pubescent and more or less glandular. Leaves alternate, more or less broadly ovate to elliptic. Flowers solitary in the forks of the branches. Calyx long and tube-like. Corolla white or creamy, sometimes purple-tinged. Fruit nodding to pendulous, almost round to ovoid, covered with numerous slender spines, purple-green to brownish when ripe, breaking up irregularly.	Leaf Details	Leaves alternate, more or less broadly ovate to elliptic.

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