Common name: Angel’s trumpet, moon flower
Scientific name: Datura species, Brugmansia species
Hazard associated: All parts poisonous if ingested.
Notes:
- These plants are grown in gardens for their attractive flowers.
- Datura species have erect flowers. Brugmansia has pendulous flowers.
- Contains hallucinogenic alkaloid compounds – hycosamine and scopolamine.
- Used in shamanistic medicine.
- Many cases of poisoning in humans arise from deliberate ingestion of the seeds or teas made with the leaves by people seeking an altered state. Also consumption of honey from bees foraging on Angel’s trumpet has been known to cause poisoning.
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura
Image credits:
“Apis mellifera (honeybee) on Datura II (3916425357)” by Marshal Hedin from San Diego – Apis mellifera (honeybee) on Datura II. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apis_mellifera_(honeybee)_on_Datura_II_(3916425357).jpg#/media/File:Apis_mellifera_(honeybee)_on_Datura_II_(3916425357).jpg