English: Two flowers of Datura metel 'Fastuosa' , the purple-black-stemmed form of the Hindu Datura or Indian Thornapple. D. metel has recently been found to have been a pre-Columbian introduction from Central America to India, at no later date than the 2nd century C.E. The plant is not, strictly speaking, a true species, its several ornamental forms having been created by ancient Central American horticulturalists from the wild desert species Datura innoxia, resulting in plants with longer-lasting, more colourful flowers that can be propagated by basal cuttings.