Datura suaveolens (D. Candida)

A shrub or small tree 2-5 m, stems often crooked, succulent when young becoming woody; dense drooping foliage.
BARK:
LEAVES: oval, mid-green, 15-30 cm long, softly hairy below, edge wavy, tip pointed, base often unequal-sided.
FLOWERS: attractive showy white trumpets to 30 cm long, hanging down all over the shrub, funnel shaped at the mouth with an overpowering muskysweet scent in the evening. Green calyx, 5-lobed to 12 cm, is enlarged and persistent.
FRUIT: a capsule, smooth, oblong about 1 cm with numerous seeds (rarely seen).

Agroforestry: bee forage, soil conservation, live fence, boundary marking.
An ornamental tree.

A small tree from the mountains of Chile and Peru, widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics, including Uganda, for its beauty, over 1,000 m. In Kampala, Moon flower tree can be found within Bataka zone in Makerere precinct among other places.

Cuttings take easily and the plant spreads quickly and requires control by pruning. It forms an impenetrable hedge if properly looked after. Fast growing in high-rainfall areas.