Brugmansia is also known as Tree Datura, Angels Trumpets, and Maikoa. It is very similar to the Datura but attains heights up to 25 feet that produces long trumpet like flowers. That’s why it is called tree Datura. Traditionally it is used as a medicine and narcotic.

Maikoa has been used since the dawn of time by the aborignial people of the western Amazon area. The plant is considered a source of ritualistic medicines of great healing power. Generally plants containing atropine and scopolamine have been used in other parts of the world over centuries.

This plant is common in cultivation and is very ornamental. One is able to purchase Brugmansia arborea flowers and seeds in quite a many online stores.