Alien Invasives
Downy Thorn Apple (Datura innoxia)
05 October 2016
- Other names
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Hairy Thorn Apple, Moonflower (English)
Harige Stinkblaar (Afrikaans) - Invasive status
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NEMBA Category 1b
CARA 2002 Category 1 - Description
- The Downy Thorn Apple is a bushy plant growing up to 2 metres high with grey-velvety leaves that turn dark green and less velvety with age. The leaves have prominent veins and an unpleasant smell. Solitary white, funnel-shaped flowers appear from July to October, followed by brown hardened fruit capsules densely covered with slender spines up to 10mm long. The seeds are toxic to livestock and humans.
- Originally from
- North and Central America
- Where is it a problem?
- Found in scattered localities throughout South Africa
- How does it spread?
- Seed dispersal
- Why is it a problem?
- It competes with indigenous pioneer species and the seeds are highly toxic
- Uses
- Ornamental
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