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Metel Devil's Trumpet
Metel Devil's Trumpet
Datura metel
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual or perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical shrubland
Range
Southern Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This shrub grows in warm climates and produces large, trumpet-shaped flowers. Its seeds contain potent alkaloids that can induce temporary paralysis in small insects.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Datura
Species
Datura metel