Tree Datura is very similar to Brugmansia
suaveolens but attains heights up to 25 feet that produces long
trumpet like flowers, hence the common name. This plant is common in
cultivation and is very ornamental. Leaves are large, 8 inches long,
elliptic and velvety. Flowers are fragrant at night.
It has been used since the dawn of time by the aborignial people of the
western Amazon area. The plant is considered a source of ritualistic
medicines of great healing power. Its flowers are often eaten as
phycotropic drug. The effect however is not a good 'high'. Instead, it
causes nightmares and bad hallucinations.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
Photographed in Panchagani, Maharashtra.
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