About Angel's Trumpet
Brugmansia suaveolens, Brazil's white angel trumpet, also known as angel's tears and snowy angel's trumpet, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to south eastern Brazil, but thought to be extinct in the wild. Like several other species of Brugmansia, it exists as an introduced species in areas outside its native range. It is a tender shrub or small tree with large semi-evergreen leaves and fragrant yellow or white trumpet-shaped flowers.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Brugmansia suaveolens
- Genus
- Brugmansia
- Family
- SOLANACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Planted
- Native to
- Brazil
- Distribution
- Naturalized in Tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-May
- Conservation status
- Regionally Extinct in Wild (EW)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Dhatura धतूरा
- Nepali
- ढ्वाँगे धतुरो
- Tamil
- மாதுளம் Madulam, புருக்மான்சியா சுவேலன்சு
- Malayalam
- Ummata, എയ്ഞ്ചൽസ് ട്രമ്പറ്റ്, Angel's trumpet
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Angel's Trumpet belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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