Brugmansia candida Pers., Solanaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results: 

Low risk (based on second screen), score: 2 (Go to the risk assessment (Pacific))
Evaluate, score: 2 (go to the risk assessment (U.S. (Florida)))

Other Latin names:  Datura candida (Pers.) Saff.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: angel's trumpet, white angel's-trumpet

Hawaiian: nānāhonua

Samoan: logo, tagāmimi

Spanish: borrachero, campana, floripondio, guanto

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Large shrubs or small trees, up to 4 m tall, often spreading clonally, all parts densely pubescent with simple, erect, crisped hairs.  Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, to 15-25 cm long, 8-12 cm wide, entire, rarely with a few shallow lobes, apex acute to acuminate, base oblique, petioles up to 6 cm long.  Flowers solitary, pendulous, pedicels 3-5 cm long, stout in fruit; calyx tubular, spathe-like, split on 1 side and the lobes not clearly separated, up to 12 cm long; corolla white or pale apricot, 25-30 cm long, tube slender, gradually flaring to the limb, lobe apices broadly triangular and terminated by cusps 2-3 cm long; stamens 5, inserted below middle of corolla tube; filaments 4-5 cm long; anthers distinct, linear, ca 2.5 cm long, opening longitudinally; ovary 2-celled; style 17-19 cm long; stigma oblong, 5-7 mm long, included in corolla throat.  Fruit a capsule, rarely formed, fusiform, reportedly up to 20 cm long, 2 cm wide, pendulous, unarmed.  Seeds (not seen) reportedly numerous, D-shaped, 6-10 mm long, seed coat corky" (Wagner et al., 1999; pp. 1252-1253).

Habitat/ecology:  In Hawai‘i, "frequently cultivated and sparingly established, it may persist as suckering clumps particularly in moist sites" (Wagner et al., 1999; pp. 1252-1253). Moist uplands in the Galápagos Islands (McMullen, 1999; p. 119).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  "Peru, widely cultivated as an ornamental" (Wagner et al., 1999; pp. 1252-1253).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Chile (offshore islands) Juan Fernández Islands	Isla Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island)	introduced invasive cultivated	Atkinson, Rachel/Sawyer, John (2011)
Cook Islands Southern Cook Islands	Mangaia Island	introduced cultivated	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Isabela Group	Isabela Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Isabela Group	Volcán Sierra Negra, Isabela Island	introduced invasive	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) San Cristóbal Group	San Cristóbal Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
Ecuador (Galápagos Islands) Santa Cruz Group	Santa Cruz Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Charles Darwin Foundation (2008)
French Polynesia Marquesas Islands	Fatu Hiva Island	introduced cultivated	Lorence, David H./Wagner, Warren L. (2013)
French Polynesia Marquesas Islands	Hiva Oa Island	introduced cultivated	Lorence, David H./Wagner, Warren L. (2013)
French Polynesia Society Islands	Moorea Island		University of California (2006)
French Polynesia Society Islands	Tahiti Island	introduced	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 269) Vouchers cited: Setchell & Parks 217, Florence 4021
French Polynesia Society Islands	Tahiti Island	introduced cultivated	Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2013) Cultivée
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 1252-1253) Sparingly naturalized.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 1252-1253) Sparingly naturalized.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Maui Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 1252-1253) Sparingly naturalized.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Moloka‘i Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Hughes, Guy D'Oyly (1995) (p. 9) Voucher cited: Hughes 6 (US) Naturalizing in a stream bed. It apparently likes very wet conditions.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 1252-1253) Sparingly naturalized.
Marshall Islands Ratak Chain	Majuro (Mãjro) Atoll	introduced cultivated	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 126)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
New Zealand New Zealand	New Zealand (country)	introduced invasive cultivated	Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. (1988) (p. 1218) "Cultivation escape, in waste places in and around settled areas, also as a long persistent relic of cultivation in old gardens".
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
South America (Pacific rim) South America (Pacific rim)	Perú (Republic of)	probably native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Comments:  Chavarr¡a, F., Espinoza, R., Guadamuz, A., Perez, D. y Mas¡s, A. 2000. Species Page de Brugmansia candida (Solanaceae), 24 Febrero 2000. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservaci¢n Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

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