Habit: Brunfelsia americana grows as a shrub to 3 m in height. The simple leaves are arranged alternately, to 9 cm in length, glabrous to short pubescent, elliptic/obovate/oblanceolate with an acute to obtuse leaf apex and an entire margin.
The complete, perfect, actinomorphic, pendulant flowers are axillary in fascicles or terminal. The calyx has 5, fused into a tube, green with a purple base, sepals. The corolla has 5 fused, cream/white/yellow petals to 6 cm in length that are glandular pubescent exteriorly. The lobes of the corolla lobes reflexed 90os from the tube (salverform). There are 4 stamens in 2 pairs, adnate to the corolla. The ovary is superior with 2 locules and numerous seeds. The fruit is an orange to red berry at maturity.
Habitat: Brunfelsia americana grows in the Bahamas in Human Altered environments (yards and gardens).
Distribution: Brunfelsia americana is not native to the Lucayan Archipelago. It is native to Greater and Lesser Antilles.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Brunfelsia americana not known to be used medicinally in the Lucayan Archipelago.
Brunfelsia americana is EXTREMELY TOXIC. Care should be taken when handling the plant and no portion of the plant should ever be ingested.
It is grown ornamentally for its large, showy, pendulant flowers.