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(Upload on December 19 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Datura L. (チョウセンアサガオ) Chousen-asagao (チョウセンアサガオ, 朝鮮朝顔), angel's trumpet, devil's trumpet or metel, or Hindu datura Mandarage (マンダラゲ, 曼陀羅華) Lifeform: annual/perennial forb Distribution: southern China - India introduced to Japan in Edo Era, used for medicine (naturalized in the southern part) Habitat: wastelands, famrs, roadsides, etc.

Flower: white (original) - yellow, purple and blue (cultivated) Hair: hairless on the stems and leaves Capsule: spherical Seed dispersal: self and animal Use: ornamental and medicine (poisons: hyoscyamine, scopolamine, etc.) cv. floreplena (ヤエチョウセンアサガオ)

Datura metel in Japan

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[1-4] in a large flower box near the main gate of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 18 2022.