Brugmansia × candida Pers.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

Distribution

Found in Boyacá, Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.

Solanaceae, Jennifer M Edmonds. Oliganthes, Melongena & Monodolichopus, Maria S. Vorontsova & Sandra Knapp. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2012

Type

Type: Peru, Pavon s.n. (BM, holo., fide Hepper, 1998)

Morphology General Habit

Small trees, shrubs or undershrubs, 3–6 m high, with spreading branches

Morphology Leaves

Leaves dark green, succulent, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 19–26(–50) × 9.5–15(–25) cm, bases obliquely cuneate, margins entire, sinuate or sinuate-dentate with up to 6 acute antrorse teeth, apices acute, glabrescent to pilose above, pilose/velutinous below especially dense on lower midribs and veins, hairs eglandular; petioles 5–9(–25) cm long, pilose. Flowers solitary, pendulous, white with green veins, sometimes becoming yellowish or greenish as mature, usually fragrant; pedicels 3.5–5 cm long, pilose to velutinous, pendulous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx tubular, zygomorphic, spatulate, green, 8–11.5(–14) cm long, pilose or velutinous externally, glabrescent, splitting into spathe 3–6 cm from base, tapering apically into narrowly triangular densely pilose projections up to 6 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla tubular at base becoming trumpet-shaped above, (14–)20–32 cm long; basal tube 12–13.5 cm long, often inflated to fill the calyx cavity, not usually extended beyond the calyx; petals fused almost to the apex, where flared with the margin 5-toothed, the narrowly triangular lobes becoming caudate, extending up to 5 cm, and often recurving

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamen filaments free for 4–6 cm; anthers grey/brown, linear, 2.1–3 cm long, 2 mm broad, with dense villous eglandular hairs, not connivent

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary pale green, elliptic to conical, ± 16 mm long and 4 mm wide, glabrous; style 15–19 cm long, exserted ± 10 mm beyond anthers but included; stigma 3–5 mm long and 2–2.8 mm wide

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit green to yellowish-green, ovoid to fusiform, 15–20 × 3–4 cm; pedicels elongated

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds angular, ± 6 mm long and 8 mm wide

Figures

Fig 9/7, p 48

Conservation

Widespread; least concern (LC)

Note

This is a natural hybrid between the Andean South American B. aurea Lagerh. and B. versicolor Lagerh. which is thought to have originated on the west and central slopes of the Central Ecuadorian Andes. It is now widely cultivated as an ornamental shrub and as a hedging plant in many countries with tropical or mild climates. Commonly known as the large white-flowered Floripondio the species has also become a successful weed in many African countries as an escape from cultivation. It was first illustrated in Ruiz & Pavon’s Flora Peruviana, 2, pl.128 (1799) where it was mistakenly identified as Linnaeus’ Datura arborea (Lockwood, 1973, ined.). There are many forms and cultivars of this species, with double and even triple-formed corollas being common; the cultivar Culebra has distinct linear-ligulate leaves.

Distribution

Flora districts: T3 (cultivated) Range: Probably native to Peru, cultivated in many African countries and occasionally occurring as an escape

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Cultivada y naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 200 - 3200 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe.

Morphology General Habit

Arbusto

Use Animal Food

Used as animal food.

Use Environmental

Environmental uses.

Use Materials

Used as material.

Use Medicines

Medical uses.

Use Social

Social uses.