Appearance
''Brugmansia sanguinea'' is a small tree reaching up to 10 m in height. The pendent, tubular/trumpet-shaped flowers come in shades of brilliant red, yellow, orange and green.
Distribution
''B. sanguinea'' is endemic to the Andes mountains from Colombia to northern Chile at elevations from 2,000 to 3,000 m .
Defense
All parts of ''Brugmansia sanguinea'' are poisonous. Different parts of the plant contain tropane alkaloids in varying proportions. Alkaloid content in the flowers is mainly atropine with only traces of scopolamine . The seeds of ''B. sanguinea'' contain approximately 0.17% alkaloids by mass, of which 78% are scopolomine.References:
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