Trompeta
Datura arborea
ANGEL'S TRUMPET

Other scientific names Common names
Brugmansia arborea Trompeta (Tag.)
  Borrachero (Span.)
  Floripondio (Span.)
  Angel's trumpet (Engl.)

Botany
Small tree growing to a height of 3 meters. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, 13-18 cm long, 6-8 cm wide, with pointed tips, usually rounded bases, with entire or hairy margins. Flowers are large, about 20 cm long, creamy white, pendulous, and musklike in odor. Calyx is tubular, entire and spathelike. Corrola tube is cylindrical with very big lobes.

Distribution
Recently introduced; cultivated as ornamental plant in Baguio. Occasional in the lowlands.

Properties
Flowers, leaves, stems, seeds and roots contain scopolmaine and hyoscyamine. The roots have some atropine and a little hyoscyamine. An alkaloid, floripondine, has been found in the leaves.

Parts used and preparation
Leaves.
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Uses:
Folkloric
Poultice of leaves applied externally to boils and to relieve pain.
Plant used for belladonna if given in nigh doses.

Availability
Wild-crafted.
Ornamental cultivation.


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