Brunfelsia uniflora

Brunfelsia uniflora
	Flowers
	Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Brunfelsia
Species:	B. uniflora
Binomial name
	Brunfelsia uniflora; (Pohl) D.Don
Synonyms
	List Brunfelsia hopeana (Hook.) Benth.; Brunfelsia hopeana var. pubescens Benth.; Brunfelsia mutabilis (H.Jacq.) Vilm.; Brunfelsia uniflora var. pubescens (Benth.) R.E.D.Baker; Brunfelsia uniflora f. typica Hassl.; Franciscea hopeana Hook.; Franciscea mutabilis H.Jacq.; Franciscea uniflora Pohl; Martia opifera Lacerda ex J.A.Schmidt; ;

Brunfelsia uniflora (syn. Brunfelsia hopeana), the manac, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Monos island of Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, the Venezuelan Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and northwest Argentina, and has been introduced to eastern Tropical Africa, Réunion, Mauritius, India, and Assam. A poisonous evergreen shrub typically 0.5 to 3 m (2 to 10 ft) tall, it is commonly cultivated as an ornamental, and as an ingredient in ayahuasca and other potions, usually under its synonym Brunfelsia hopeana.