Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) and thorn apple (Datura stramonium) have different heights, flowers, leaves and flowering and fruiting stages.
Note: Angel’s trumpet, whose scientific name is datura innoxia, is commonly known as prickly burr, recurved thorn-apple, downy thorn-apple, indian-apple, lovache, moonflower, nacazcul, toloatzin, toloaxihuitl, tolguache or toloache
Height: Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) is 1-2m high, while thorn apple (Datura stramonium) is 0.5-1m high.
Flowers: Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) flowers are green in the lower half and white in the upper half, while thorn apple (Datura stramonium) is white or lavender in the upper part.
Leaves: the leaves of angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) are 10 ~ 18 cm long, while the leaves of thorn apple (Datura stramonium) are 8 ~ 17 cm long.
Flowering and fruiting period: Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) blooms from June to September every year, while thorn apple (Datura stramonium) blooms from June to October every year.
1. Height
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) and thorn apple (Datura stramonium) differ in height.
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) is an annual upright herb with a plant height of 1 ~ 2m.
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) is covered with short white hair.
Thorn apple (Datura stramonium) is an annual herb of Solanaceae.
The plant height is 0.5 ~ 1m, and the whole plant is relatively smooth.
2. Flowers
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) and thorn apple (Datura stramonium) are also different in flowers.
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) flowers are single on the branches.
It is upright in the initial stage, and will bend downward in the later stage, and is approximately trumpet shaped.
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) has pale green flowers in the lower part and white flowers in the upper part.
While thorn apple (Datura stramonium) flowers are green in the lower part and white or lavender in the upper part.
3. Blade
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) and thorn apple (Datura stramonium) are also different in leaves.
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) leaves are broadly ovate, 10 ~ 18 cm long and 4 ~ 15 cm wide.
Its leaves have 7 ~ 10 day lateral veins.
The leaves of thorn apple (Datura stramonium) are 8 ~ 17 cm long and 4 ~ 12 cm wide.
There are 3-5 day lateral veins on its leaves.
4. Flowering and fruiting stage
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) and thorn apple (Datura stramonium) have different flowering and fruiting leaves.
Angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) will bloom from June to September every year.
Thorn apple (Datura stramonium) blooms from June to October every year, and its fruit period is from July to November every year.
In addition, the rhizome of angel’s trump (Datura innoxia) is relatively strong, while the lower root system of thorn apple (Datura stramonium) is relatively slender.