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Everything about an angel's trumpet is amazing. Pendulous flowers sway gracefully from strong branches, perfuming the air with fabulous scent.
Angel's trumpets are woody trees, with pendulous flowers, that have no spines on their fruit. It is a genus of 7 species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common name of angel's trumpets.
Their heaviest flowering time extending from late summer into autumn, Its flowers appear in shades of yellow, white, pink, orange, and cream and mature plants reach 15 feet tall.
A Highly Toxic Plant
All parts of the plant are toxic. It is recommended that gardeners use gloves when working with this plant.
It is a dangerous drug, that has caused a lot of deaths, mostly from teenagers experimenting with it after hearing rumors about it's hallucinogenic powers. It is usually ingested in the form of a tea.
( Dr. Martin Stoner, a professor of botany at Cal Poly Pomona, said that people should think twice before experimenting with plants and flowers.
"The trouble is most people are ignorant about plants and their chemistry. Experimentation is risky business," said Stoner, who specializes in poisonous plants. "The hallucinations caused from angels' trumpet are there, but they come at a very painful experience." via )
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