Classification
Regnum:
Plantae
Divisio:
Magnoliophyta
Classis:
Magnoliopsida
Ordo:
Solanales
Familia:
Solanaceae
Genus:
Brugmansia
Spesies:
Brugmansia candida Pers.
Synonym:
Datura affinis
Local name: Kecubung putih
Habit: Shrub
Characteristic: White double corolla
Distribution: South America and others tropical region
Benefit: Medical plant
Location: Zone 3 of UPI Botanic Garden
Description
B. candida
is a perennial shrub widely introduced as an ornamental in tropical and
subtropical regions of the world that has escaped from cultivation to become
invasive principally in waste places in and around settled areas (Webb et al., 1988;
Gilman, 1999;
Wagner et al., 1999;
Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012). It is also a long
persistent relic of cultivation in old gardens. It is included in the Global
Compendium of Weeds where it listed as a naturalized weed in Australia, New
Zealand, Central America, the West Indies, and on several islands in the
Pacific Ocean (Randall, 2012).
It is also listed as invasive in New Zealand, Hawaii and Cuba (Webb et al., 1988;
Wagner et al., 1999;
Oviedo Prieto et al., 2012). This species spreads
by seeds, but also by cuttings and stem segments and it may persist as
suckering clumps particularly in moist sites (Wagner et al., 1999).
Source: https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/10133#tosummaryOfInvasiveness
