Nice Pics Sir On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
