Datura metal

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Datura metal

 

Datura metal

 
  1. Habit : Large, erect herb. 
  2. Root : Branched tap root system. 
  3. Stem : Hollow, herbaceous stem with strong odour. 
  4. Leaf : Simple, alternate, sinuate, exstipulate, glabrous with uni-costate reticulate venation. 
  5. Inflorescence : Auxillary solitary cyme
  6. Flower : Pedicellate, bracteate, bisexual, pentamerous, actinomorphic, dichlamydeous, complete and hypogynous. 
  7. Calyx : Sepals 5, gamopetalous, persistent, valvate aestivation, odd sepal is posterior. 
  8. Corolla : Petals 5, gamopetalous, twisted aestivation, tubular, funnel shaped with wide mouth and 5 to 10 lobed. 
  9. Androecium : Stamens 5, epipetalous, alternate with petals and are inserted in the middle of the corolla tube. Anthers are basifixed, dithecous, introse, dehisce longitudinally. 
  10. Gynoecium : Bicarpellary, syncarpous, tetralocular due to false septa, superior ovary with axile placentation. Style is simple, long and filiform. Stigma is dome shaped. 
  11. Fruit : Spinescent capsule. 
  12. Seed : Endospermous.


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prasannasutrave  says:
13 months ago

Very interesting information.Thanks.

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