Brugmansia arborea is a perennial bush that grows up to 16 feet tall. It produces five-pointed trumpet-shaped flowers that are pure or creamy white and that exude a seductively sweet scent at night. The fruits are smooth and berry-like, containing large brown seeds. The flowers of these, and all Brugmansia plants, hang straight down, differentiating them from members of the Datura genus, in which the flowers mostly grow upwards. All angel’s trumpet trees are originally from South America. They are at present only cultivated, and there are no known wild species. It is still unknown which wild plants originally produced the species we are now familiar with. Since there are no known wild Brugmansia, we know that humans have been cultivating the plant intentionally for quite some time. Based on this fact, it is entirely possible that angel’s trumpets were being used as psychoactives in prehistoric times! Brugmansia arborea is a fairly rare species of Brugmansia which is found from Ecuador to Peru to northern Chile (Bastien 1987). Brugmansia are best grown through cuttings. To do this, one cuts off the end of a branch, strips all but the newest buds, and then places the cutting in water. Roots appear in a few weeks, at which time the cutting may be planted in rich soil. Brugmansia trees cannot handle frost, and so must only be grown in pots in colder climates.