Brugmansia arborea (L.) Steud.
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Brugmansia arborea (L.) Steud. |
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Brugmansia arborea (L.) Steud.
Name.
English: maikoa.
Range.
Andes (3050 - 3655 m), central Ecuador to northern Chile. In its natural range will not grow at low elevations. Cultivated in Myanmar.
Conservation status.
Extinct in the Wild [EW] ( IUCN 2017).
Uses.
Leaf: Used as sedative and antiasthmatic.
Notes.
Duke (2009) reports that this species is used for treating asthma, pain, and tumor; and is used as a suppurative and fumitory; also, as an intoxicant, narcotic, poison, and psychedelic.
Reference.
Nordal (1963).
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