Usha di They are reported to be black in this species. I am visiting the place in another fortnight, hope they are ripe by then and I may be able to photograph.
-- 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/ On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > Very nice, clear depction.. > does it get berries that turn black, just like the ones in described > in > classical herbals... > or is it different? > and ethnobotanical uses etc? > > Usha di > ==== > > > On Jul 29, 1:13 pm, 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > Atropa-acuminata-Gulmarg-Kashmir-1.jpg > > 135KViewDownload > > > > Atropa-acuminata-Gulmarg-Kashmir-2.jpg > > 233KViewDownload
