English: Red angel's trumpet.
Clades: Datureae;
Solanoideae;
Solanaceae.
Region: South America, Andes mountains from Colombia to northern Chile.
Habitat: 2000 to 3000 m altitude.
Content: tropane alkaloids, atropine, scopolamine.
Culture: all parts are poisonous.
Use: entheogen for shamanic purposes.
BotanyShrub or small tree; to 10 m tall.
Flowers: pendent; tubular, trumpet-shaped; brilliant red, yellow, orange and green.