very nice photo of Hyocyamus niger. thanks sharing details ab. plant
rajank On Apr 6, 7:37 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Hyoscyamus niger* L., Sp. pl. 1:179. 1753 > > Bad smelling herbaceous plant with lacerate leaves and yellow flowers with > purple veins, capsule enclosed in enlarged calyx, the fruit opens by > horizontal split which removes a lid at top (circumscissile). Dried leaves > and flowring tops constitute the important drug Henbane. > > Common name: black henbane, henbane, hog's-bean, stinking-nightshade > Sans: Dipya, parasikaya > Hindi: Khurasaniajvayan > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > Hyoscyamus-niger-Kashmir-a.jpg > 611KViewDownload > > Hyoscyamus-niger-Kashmir-b.jpg > 249KViewDownload > > Hyoscyamus-niger-Kashmir-c.jpg > 84KViewDownload
