Botanical names: Brunfelsia manaca, Brunfelsia currugata
Common name: Manaca
Family: Solanaceae
Origin: Amazon rainforest
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
It can be found in the Amazon regions of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Manacá is a medium-sized, shrubby tree that grows to 8 m high and is indigenous to the Amazon rainforest. Often it is cultivated as an ornamental; it produces pretty, yellowish-white, highly-fragrant flowers, from which a perfume is extracted. Indigenous tribes in the northwest Amazon consider manacá to be a diaphoretic and diuretic. They use it for fever, rheumatism, snakebite, syphilis, and yellow fever.
See article about Brunfelsias: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil.
Similar plants: Brunfelsia manaca (Manaca)
- Brunfelsia americana (Lady of the night)
- Brunfelsia australis (Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow)
- Brunfelsia densifolia (Serpentine Hill rain tree)
- Brunfelsia gigantea (Lady of the Night)
- Brunfelsia grandiflora (Yesterday -Today -Tomorrow)
- Brunfelsia isola (Hybrid Brunfelsia)
- Brunfelsia jamaicensis (Lady of the Night)
- Brunfelsia lactea (Lady of the night)
- Brunfelsia magnifica 'Floribunda' (Morning)
- Brunfelsia mire (Brunfelsia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/brunfelsia_manaca.htm