Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

 🌱🌸DEADLY DATURA 🌸🌱  🌸🌱 Commonly known as Devil's Trumpet, Indian thornapple or Hindu Datura, Datura metel, is a somewhat woody perennial shrub from the family Solanaceae. It is well known for its deadly toxicity. 🌸🌱The stems are hollow, green or purple-black, somewhat woody, and have a strong odour. It is slightly pubescent. 🌸🌱The large, ovate, simple leaves are, alternate, petiolate, and exhibit entire or deeply lobed margins.The leaves emit unpleasant odor when bruised. 🌸🌱Flowers are single, trumpet-shaped and held vertically (20 - 25 cm long). Short projections occur between adjacent lobes and heart-shaped notches occur in the middle of each lobe apex. Those growing in the wild are typically whitish, but there are purple cultivars.Flowers are most fragrant at night to attract pollinating sphinx moths. Cool nights promote flowering.  🌸🌱Round to egg-shaped fruit is covered in tubercles (small, rou...