General Information

COMMON NAMES: Angel's-Trumpet, Trumpet Flower; German Englestrompete GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Ecuador (ancient hybrid) COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands, gardens SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers; Poisonous to eat - serious KEY FEATURES: Shrub to 4m. LEAVES alterante, oval, to xxxxcm, furry, edge smooth to several large teeth, tip sharp. FLOWERS solitary, fragrant, pendulous, large, to 30cm long; corolla funnel-shaped with 5 turned-back lobes, single or double, white (sometimes pink or yellow); slender basal section hidden by green calyx which has 1-2 teeth; anthers 5 separate. SIMILAR SPECIES: See Brugmansia suaveolens.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
	+	-				-		-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Brugmansia X candida Pers.
SYNONYMS: Datura arborea [of authors]; Datura candida [of authors]; Brugmansia aurea X Brugmansia versicolor

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Solanales; SOLANACEAE. COMMENT: The white double-flowered garden plant is thought to be a $Brugmansia aurea@ X $B. versicolor@ cross.

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Ornamental flowers
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Poisonous to eat - serious. Comments: All parts very toxic.

GENERAL NOTE: All parts are toxic - for further information see under Brugmansia suaveolens.

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.749 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.185 Hortus 3rd
p.171 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.893 Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a, zD02

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