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Datura metel L.
syn. D. fastuosa L.
"datura" , "cornucopia", "jimson weed"
Recent introduction. S.E. Asia. Rare. Erect herb or subshrub, 1 to 2 m high;
leaves, 4 to 25 cm long and 2 to 20 cm wide, narrowly ovate to angular-ovate, acute,
base oblique, sinuate-repand to sinuately-lobed, major lobes 2 or 3 per side, glabrous to
slightly puberulent; petiole, 1 to 16 cm long; inflorescences, solitary, terminal, single or
double (or triple); pedicels, 8 to 15 min long, erect or nodding; calyx, 3 to 9 cm long,
tubular, with 5 (-9) conspicuous longitudinal veins, usually 5-lobed, lobes 8 to 25 mm
long, circumscissile after the anthesis; corolla, commonly 12 to 18 cm long, often double
or triple, tubular, trumpet-like, 5-lobed, the lobes with acumens 1 to 2.5 cm long, purple
without, pale lavender to white within; stamens 5, at apex of tube, anthers 1 to 2 cm
long; style, 10 to 14 mm long; fruit, 3 to 4 cm in diameter, a capsule, deflexed,
subglobose, prickly or spiny with 100 to 200 conical tubercules, each 2 to 5 mm long,
irregularly dehiscent; seeds, 4 to 5 lnin long, many, compressed, yellow-brown. Planted
ornamental. 6.
Nicotiana tabacum L.
te kaibake (K)
"tobacco "
Pre-World War I introduction. Trop. America. Rare. Coarse, erect herb up to 2
m or higher; leaves, 30 to 60 cm long, spiralled, the lowest ones forming a rosette,
oblong-ovate to lanceolate, acute, sometimes shortly-decurrent on stem, surfaces
pubescent, subsessile; inflorescences in terminal racemose panicles, pubescent; calyx, 1
to 2 cm long, tubular-campanulate, 5-lobed, accrescent, puberulent; corolla, 3 to 5 cm
long, tubular, 5-lobed, lobes, ovate, puberulent, pink to red; stamens 5, included or
slightly exserted, filaments puberulent at base; ovary glabrous; fruit, 15 to 17 mm long, a
brown capsule with persistent calyx at base; seeds, numerous, minute, subreniform,
tuberculate. Planted in home gardens; reportedly more common in the past. Leaves dried
and cured for smoking. 3, 5, 6.
Physalis angulata L. "cape gooseberry", "bladderberry", "ground cherry"
watamo, oatamo (N); te baraki (K); pini (T)
Pre-World War I1 introduction. Trop. America. Common. Erect, nearly glabrous,
branching annual herb, up to 80 cm or higher, with hollow angular-ribbed stems; leaves,
3 to 14 cm long and 2.5 to 9 cm wide, alternate, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute-
acuminate to obtuse, base obtuse or acute (somewhat asymmetrical), irregularly toothed
or sinuate-entire, very short-puberulent on both sides; petioles, 2 to 11 cm long;
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2.5 cm in fruit; calyx, 3 to 6 mm long, enlarging to 2 to 4 cm long in fruit, short-
puberulent; corolla, 0.6 to 1 cin long, pale-yellow , yellowish-green near base, partly
puberulent externally; stamens 5, 2.5 to 4 mm long, capitate; anthers, 1 to 2.5 mm long,
blue; style, 4 to 5 inm long; fruit, 1 to 1.6 cm in diameter, subglobose or ellipsoid,