SolanaceaeSubfamily Browallioideae
Subfamily Nicotianoideae
Subfamily Petunioideae
Subfamily Solanoideae
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Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl.) Bercht. & J. Presl.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Angels Trumpet
- Family: Solanaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: southeast Brazil
- Habitat: cultivated & naturalized at low elevations in tropics
- Description: [syn. Datura Gardneri Hook.f.]
Shrub or small tree, 6-15 feet, glabrous to minutely pubescent; leaves ovate to narrowly elliptic, entire; flowers large, 8-12 inches long, odding but not completely pendulous, calyx 2-5 toothed, slightly inflated, persistent and generally enclosing the fruit; corolla white, more campanulate than trumpet shaped, constricted for a short distance beyond the calyx, teeth 1.5 inches long or less, flaring but not recurved, anthers connivent; fruit fusiform, 4-6 inches long, somewhat rugose.
- Uses: Principal active biochemicals are the tropane alkaloids hyoscyamine, atropine, and scopolamine. The seeds of Brugmansia contain the highest concentration of alkaloids.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 199200529
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1992
- Bench: 2105 - Platform NE
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-06-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Solanales
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- Family: Solanaceae
- SubFamily: Solanoideae
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References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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