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Datura

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Datura

Datura and the similar-looking angel’s trumpet are small trees with large soft leaves and conspicuous hanging flowers that resemble trumpets. All parts of the plant contain hallucinogenic poisons that may be deadly.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Poisonous plants and fungi – Poisonous garden plants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9786/datura (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.