The difference between Datura stramonium and okra

Before the mandala blossoms, the flowers are long and green and look like edible okra. The whole grass of Datura stramonium is poisonous, and the fruit, especially the seed, is the most toxic, followed by the tender leaf, and the toxicity of the dried leaf is less than that of the fresh leaf. So what's the difference between Datura stramonium and okra?

1. Different families and genera

Datura and okra are very similar, they both have unique ornamental value, but they are not the same plant. Datura stramonium is a plant of Solanaceae, okra is a genus of okra of Malvaceae, both of them can be cultivated in potted plants, and can also be eaten in the right amount.

2. Morphological difference.

The leaves of Datura stramonium are ovate and broadly ovate, and there are irregular wavy shallow cracks in the upper part of the leaves, and the front end of the leaves will gradually grow sharp, the leaves are shiny, and the leaves of okra are linear and relatively large, and there are coarse hairs on the leaves and palmate cracks around them.

3. Flower difference

In fact, there are many differences between mandala and okra, and their florescence is also very different. Under normal circumstances, mandala blossoms in June to October, and the flowers are funnel-shaped, green and white. Okra blossoms about May to September, and the flowers are bell-shaped yellow.

4. Different medicinal values.

Usually, both of them have certain medicinal value, but Datura stramonium can be picked and dried at flowering stage, which can be used as medicine for relieving asthma and relieving cough, anaesthesia and pain, and when okra bears fruit after flowering, it can be eaten in an appropriate amount. It can play the medicinal value of promoting pharynx, regulating menstruation and relieving pain.

Although the mandala is somewhat similar to the okra, it is easy to distinguish.