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Datura arborea

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Identification
Datura arborea
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  • Datura arborea

Flora

Entry for Datura × candida (Pers.) Safford [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Datura × candida (Pers.) Safford [family SOLANACEAE], in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 11: 182 (1921); Pasquale in Cat. R. Orto Bot. Napoli 36 (1867), not validly published.
Brugmansia candida Pers. [family ], (1805)
Datura arborea [family SOLANACEAE], of Ruiz & Pavon FlPeruv2,15: 127 (1799), not of Linn(1753); Fosberg l.c52; Sachet l.c41.
Information
A handsome shrub or small tree; flowers white, very fragrant.
Range
Known only in cultivation; believed to be native of the Andean region of South America, now spreading widely in tropical and subtropical countries.
Distribution
Ghana: Mampong Scarp (Aug.) Darko 712![Br.] Cam.: Buea (Feb., Nov.) Migeod 148! Keay FHI 37545!
Notes
[Note: P. C. Standley states in Publ. Field Mus. of Nat. Hist. Bot. 18, 3: 1055 (1938): "In recent years this species has been listed frequently as D.Candida (Pers.) Pasqu., the specific name under which it was treated by Safford, but it now appears probable that the name D. arborea L. is the correct one." I cannot accept this brief discussion as sufficient for a taxonomic conclusion.-H. H.]

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