Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia)
People love Angel’s Trumpet. Their exquisite, large, fragrant flowers (over 9 inches long) scent the evening air to attract pollinating moths (and delight humans!). One unscented variety is pollinated by a tiny hummingbird that enjoys its nectar with no ill effects. A member of the Nightshade family, these shrubs are highly poisonous, but as in many such plants, in modern medicine they’re also beneficial; important alkaloids such as scopolomine, hyoscyamine, and atropine, found in Brugmansia and other related members of Solanaceae, have proven medical value for their spasmolytic, anti-asthmatic, anticholinergic, narcotic and anesthetic properties.
Brugmansia have traditionally been used in many South American indigenous cultures in medical preparations and as a ritualistic hallucinogen for divination, to communicate with ancestors, as a poison in sorcery and black magic, and for prophecy. In some areas, the sale of Brugmansia is prohibited, and they’re not recommended for private gardens if you have children or pets..
Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia)
People love Angel’s Trumpet. Their exquisite, large, fragrant flowers (over 9 inches long) scent the evening air to attract pollinating moths (and delight humans!). One unscented variety is pollinated by a tiny hummingbird that enjoys its nectar with no ill effects. A member of the Nightshade family, these shrubs are highly poisonous, but as in many such plants, in modern medicine they’re also beneficial; important alkaloids such as scopolomine, hyoscyamine, and atropine, found in Brugmansia and other related members of Solanaceae, have proven medical value for their spasmolytic, anti-asthmatic, anticholinergic, narcotic and anesthetic properties.
Brugmansia have traditionally been used in many South American indigenous cultures in medical preparations and as a ritualistic hallucinogen for divination, to communicate with ancestors, as a poison in sorcery and black magic, and for prophecy. In some areas, the sale of Brugmansia is prohibited, and they’re not recommended for private gardens if you have children or pets..