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Datura stramonium f. inermis ("Togenashichosen'asagao")

Japanese name: トゲナシチョウセンアサガオ (刺無朝鮮朝顔)
Scientific name: Datura stramonium f. inermis

[Overview]
An annual 60–150 cm tall.
It has thick roots.
The whole plant is hairless.
The stem is erect, branches frequently, and is often tinged with dark purple.
Leaves are simple and alternate, ovate, about 8–18 cm long and 4–9 cm wide.
The leaves are pointed at the tip, and the margin has irregular, large, sharply pointed teeth.
The petiole is 2–6 cm long.
The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils and open upward; they are pale purple, large and trumpet-shaped, 4 cm across and 6–10 cm long.
The tip of the corolla is 5-lobed, and the lobe tips are sharply pointed like horns.
The calyx is cylindrical with 5 ridges, 5–4 cm long.
The fruit is an ovate capsule about 3 cm long, borne upward, without spines on the surface, and it splits into 4 parts when ripe.

[Uses]
The whole plant is extremely poisonous, and the seeds and dried leaves are used medicinally.

Details

Names
Japanese: トゲナシチョウセンアサガオ(刺無朝鮮朝顔)、ハリナシチョウサンアサガオ(針無朝鮮朝顔)、トゲナシヨウシュチョウセンアサガオ(刺無洋種朝鮮朝顔)
Life form
Annual
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
June, July, August, September, October, November
Distribution or origin
Native to Central America
Growth form
Branching
Height
600–1500 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Serrate
Inflorescence
Solitary
Flower color
Purple
Flower diameter
400
Leaf color
Green
Suitable uses
Flower bed, Parks and gardens
Uses
Medicinal

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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