ORIGIN

Probably Peru and Columbia

COMMON NAME

Angel's trumpet

BOTANICAL NAME

Brugmansia candida

IDENTIFICATION

Soft-wooded shrub, 3 m high. Leaves 80-200 x 30-150 mm, plant is covered in very fine hairs. White, pendant, trumpet-like flowers 200-300 mm long.

HABITATS

In and around settled areas. Waste places. Only locally common.

IMPACT TO BIOTA AND ECOSYSTEMS

No real impact.

DISPERSAL ROUTES, VECTORS, INFESTATION SOURCES

Garden escape. Grows freely from cuttings and dumped garden waste. Seeds are not found.

MANAGEMENT

Physical Control
Fell shrub and treat stump with herbicide.

Disposal

Chemical Control

Biological Control

Recommended Approach
Cut and paint stump.

FURTHER COMMENT

Danger is the presence of alkaloids. For more information on the poisonous properties of Angel's trumpet please refer to Environment Bay of Plenty's Fact Sheet 19-poisonous plants