Beautiful pics Sir, are they taken from Wild ? On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Atropa acuminata* Royle ex Lindl., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. > 1:138. 1849 (J. Hort. Soc. London 1:306. 1846) > syn: Atropa belladona Clarke (non L.) > > Common names: Indian beladona, Indian deadly nightshade > > Herb up to 1.6 m tall with alternate, ovate-lanceolate acuminate leaves; > flowers yellow, 2-2.5 cm long, stamens included. > All parts of the plant contain the alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine and > bellodonnine, which are used as a sedative, antispasmodic, in convulsive > disorders and as an antidote for poisoning. The black berries are very > poisonous and cause delirium and dilation of the pupils. > > Photographed from Gulmarg, Kashmir > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
