English: Angel's trumpet.
Synonym:
Brugmansia suaveolens;
Brugmansia candida; Datura arborea.
Region: Andes, extinct in the wild; invasive in New Caledonia.
Habitat: hard to both cold and drought; drier valleys
BotanyEvergreen shrub or small tree; 7 m tall.
Leaves: ovate; coarsely toothed margins; covered with fine velvety white down.
Flowers: strongly fragrant; trumpet-shaped; nodding to sub-horizontal; white to ivory-white or cream; 12–17 cm long; blooming almost continuously; pedicels covered with fine velvety white down.
Fruit: ovoid; ± 6 cm long, ± 5 cm wide; slit along one side and is very long in relation to the flower; covered with fine velvety white down.
Pollination: by moths.