Tree With Angel Trumpet Flower

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Moonflower - Brugmansia Trees ~ #treetuesday hosted by @old-guy-photos

Long-lived tree/bush reaches a height of between 3 to 5 meters, carries no spines on the fruit, producing green bean like seed pods, bonus it loves our sub-tropical region.

Originating in South America, the Moonflower does come with a warnings, where there are myths there must be a story to tell.

Fragrant Femme Fatale, apparently this flower at night excudes an intoxicating fragrance on the air that induce dreams, visionary dreams so it is said _(doesn't sound too bad, a passive sweetness floating through the window, whispering sweet lullibuys).

^{Pendulous Moonflower with Intoxicating Bee to give you a taste of this gorgeous salmon pink bloom.}

Pendulous trumpet shaped flowers with extremely large leaves, this tree is about 3 meters tall, I did not take photographs of the tree from below to give an idea on size the flowers captivated me completely.

^{Bedecked in Moonflowers, weighing down on the branches like angels in an explosion of life, dancing in the sunlight.}

Dried and powdered roots and leaves used by South African diviners as coinscience-altering snuff and dried leaves smokes to induce euphoria, also used to treat headaches or asthma. Whether this is true or not, where there is smoke there must be a fire, plants are used in many ways.

^{Looking through the tree you see more flowers hanging, swaying under a gentle breeze every limb had a clutch of flowers to dazzle.}

A few years ago local newspapers reported about teenagers being hospitalized experimenting with the plant, trees used for medicinal reason sounds reasonable, to get a cheap high is definitely another topic, fatality can never be ruled out when consuming plants.

^{One last look with the flower peeping out between the large green leaves, insects must have enjoyed a nibble on the leaves, wonder how toxins affects them?}

Before planting a pretty moon garden ask your local nursery what plants are safe with children and pets in the home.

Brugmansia and Datura species belongs to the Solanaceae family. Among them are many medicinal plants with powerful actions, and also many poisonous plants with the most powerful toxins in the plant world. Source

Thought for today: The poison for a word is a word. ~ Swahili proverb