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Jimson weed, thornapple |
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| Halbi Name | Dhatura |
 Main Photo of The Weed |
| Vernacular name | Dhatura, Sadahdhatura | |
| Scientific name | Datura strumonium Linn. | |
| Family | Solanaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | Erect sub-shrub. | |
| Leaves | Simple, alternate, elliptic to angulated, acute to acuminate, 10-18 cm wide, base unequally truncate, margins entire to simiate or dente often glabrous. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Large, terminal, solitary, funnel shaped, white or purplish blue. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Greenish, fleshy capsule. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Wasteland | |
| Flowering and fruiting | May to October | |
| Associated with | Off side field flora | |
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