Datura flower bud_Brugmansia versicolor_Solanaceae_Hiranandani Heritage Garden_March 2014_ (4)

Scientific name: Brugmansia versicolor, Datura mollis
English Common name: Peach Angel's Trumpet
Family: Solanaceae
Distribution: It is endemic to Ecuador.

Etymology: The genus Brugmansia is named after Mr. Brugmans, a professor of Botany in Leydon. Since the flowers look similar to those of Datura, initially Brugmansias were grouped with Daturas by the famous botanist Carl Linné, who documented them from a drawing and not from live plant material.
The specific epithet 'versocolour' means variously coloured. The white flower changes to peach colour after some tome.

It is an evergreen shrub.
Leaves: alternate, long, elliptical & tapering at the tip.
Flowers: large, drooping, funnel-shaped, 5-toothed. They are white when open and turn peach later on. The flowers are the largest of all Brugmansia at around 12 in in length.
Fruits: long (8 in), narrow berries.

Interesting information: Its flowers, leaves, and seeds are extremely poisonous if ingested in large quantities. It contains various alkaloids that have toxic properties and cause cause symptoms of hallucinations, muscle weakness, increased blood pressure, increased pulse, dilated pupils and paralysis. (info source: Wikipedia and Flowers of India).

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Taken on: March 4, 2014

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