Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D.Don

Manaca (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Brunfelsia

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 1.5-2.75m high.
Life form -
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Found in a range of habitats including wet, montane rain forests; the drier atlantic rain forest; coastal rain forest; and savannahs; growing in a range of different soil types at elevations from sea level to 3,300 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use essential oil medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anti-inflammatory agents (bark), Emetics (bark), Anthelmintics (root), Anti-inflammatory agents (root), Antirheumatic agents (root), Central nervous system depressants (root), Diuretics (root), Narcotics (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Syphilis (root), Anti-inflammatory agents (shoot), Emetics (shoot)
Human toxicity toxic (root), toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity strong toxic (root), strong toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Brunfelsia uniflora leaf picture by Martins Iris (cc-by-sa)
Brunfelsia uniflora leaf picture by Vieira do Nascimento Paulo (cc-by-sa)
Brunfelsia uniflora leaf picture by Vieira do Nascimento Paulo (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Brunfelsia uniflora flower picture by Gonçalves Teresa (cc-by-sa)
Brunfelsia uniflora flower picture by Vieira do Nascimento Paulo (cc-by-sa)
Brunfelsia uniflora flower picture by gislaine eugeniomangueira (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Brunfelsia uniflora world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Fiji, Guyana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nepal, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Brunfelsia uniflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37541-2
WFO ID wfo-0001019912
COL ID NFSV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447618
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Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Franciscea hopeana Martia opifera Brunfelsia mutabilis Brunfelsia mutabilis Brunfelsia uniflora var. uniflora Franciscea mutabilis Franciscea mutabilis Franciscea uniflora Brunfelsia hopeana var. pubescens Brunfelsia uniflora var. pubescens Brunfelsia uniflora f. uniflora Brunfelsia uniflora