Flower and fruit of the Red Angel Trumpet, native to the mountains from Colombia to northern Chile. Contains alkaloids which are medicinal/shamanic/hallucinogenic/poisonous. Planted at Papallacta Hotsprings, Ecuador. www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html
Native to the Andes from Colombia to Peru. Now widespread and cultivated in Ecuador for its pharmaceutical alkaloids. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html
This species may well be extinct in the wild, likely originating in Brazil. It is now planted and in some cases naturalized in many parts of the tropics, in fact this photo is from near Arusha, Tanzania.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html