Brugmansia versicolor Lagerh.
- Common Name: Angel's Tears
- Family: Solanaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Guayaquil Basin (Ecuador)
- Habitat: Frequently cultivated at low elevations throughout tropics
- Description: [syn. Datura mollis Saff.]
Small graceful tree, 8-15 feet; leaves oblong-elliptic, entire, glabrous to soft pubescent; flowers very large 12-20 inches long, pendulous, calyx spathe-like, rarely persistent on fruit; corolla typically white, turning apricot-peach with age, tube constricted well beyond the calyx, teeth long, flaring and recurnved; fruit fusiform, 6-12 inches long.
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Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500486
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1314 - NEO:Tumbes/Choco B
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-14-2013
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Solanales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Solanaceae
- SubFamily: Solanoideae
- Tribe: Datureae
- SubTribe:
References:
Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
data regenerated on Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:25 -0400
