Datura Flower (Shriveled strips, light yellowish-brown, villous, trumpet-shaped corolla, easily broken, poisonous)

Datura Flower (Funnel-shaped corolla, longitudinal wrinkles on the tube)

Datura Flower (Mistakenly identified as Naoyang Flower)

【Name】

Datura Flower

 【Source】

Compendium of Materia Medica – Yangjinhua (Datura Flower)

 【Common Usage Degree】

E

 【Botanical Origin】

It is the dried flower of Datura metel L. or Datura inoxia Mill. of the Solanaceae family.

 【Characteristics】

Often bundled into handfuls of dozens. The calyx is generally removed. The corolla is funnel-shaped, 10-15 cm long, yellowish-brown to light brown, wrinkled, with longitudinal wrinkles on the tubular part, and 5 lobes at the top, mostly broken; the complete ones have thread-like tips on the lobes, with a depression between the two. Stamens 5, mostly enclosed in the corolla tube. Pistil 1. The flower is paper-like and easily broken. It has a slight odor and a bitter and astringent taste.
South and North Yangjinhua are very similar, and the corollas are both trumpet-shaped. The only difference is that the former has the calyx removed, while the latter retains the calyx.

 【Identification】

The best are those with the calyx removed, large flowers, thick texture, neat, yellowish-brown, and fragrant.

 【Category】

Flowers