{"id":1408399,"date":"2011-02-08T08:07:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T08:07:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:24:47","slug":"atropa-acuminata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/atropa-acuminata\/","title":{"rendered":"Atropa acuminata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Atropa<\/i> acuminata<\/i> Royle ex Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 1: 306 1846<\/i>. (syn: Atropa lutescens<\/em>\u00a0Jacquem. ex C.B.Clarke<\/a>);
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\nE. Iran to W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, West Himalaya;<\/span> Introduced into: Assam, Indi<\/span>a as per POWO<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Common name:<\/b>\u00a0Indian Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade \u2022\u00a0Hindi<\/span>:<\/strong> \u091d\u0930\u0915\u093e Jharka, Shafoo \u2022\u00a0Kannada<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0ca8\u0cbe\u0c9f\u0cbf \u0cac\u0cc6\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0ca1\u0cca\u0ca8 Naati beladonna<\/div>\n
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Atropa acuminata from Gulmarg, Kashmir<\/a>:
\nAtropa acuminata<\/i><\/b> Royle ex Lindl., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1:138. 1849 (J. Hort. Soc. London 1:306. 1846)
\nsyn: Atropa belladona<\/i> Clarke (non L.)
\nCommon names: <\/span>Indian beladona, Indian deadly nightshade
\n<\/b>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.
\n<\/span>Photographed <\/span>from Gulmarg, Kashmir<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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does it get berries that turn black, just like the ones in described in classical herbals…
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They are reported to be black in this species.<\/p>\n

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Solanaceae Fortnight: Atropa acuminata from Gulmarg, Kashmir-GSFEB24\/26<\/a>\u00a0: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/div>\n
Atropa acuminata<\/i><\/b> Royle ex Lindl., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1:138. 1849 (J. Hort. Soc. London 1:306. 1846)
\nsyn: Atropa belladona<\/i> Clarke (non L.)
\nCommon names: Indian beladona, Indian deadly nightshade
\n<\/b>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.
\n<\/span>Photographed <\/span>from Gulmarg, Kashmir<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Beautiful pics Sir, are they taken from Wild ?<\/p>\n

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Yes, you may call it an escape.<\/span><\/p>\n

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yes to all your comments and now we have synthetic chemicals do not need to extract the berries just as well<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIdentification required 1017<\/a>: 4 high res. images.
\nLocation: handwara bangus valley kashmir.<\/span>
\nAltitude: 3012 meters asl<\/span><\/p>\n

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Codonopsis?<\/em><\/p>\n

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That\u00a0was my guess also but it looks somewhat different.<\/p>\n

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It is not in Campanulaceae.<\/em> There are two carpels in it.
\nIt is Solanaceae..<\/em>
\nAtropa acuminata<\/em>\u00a0is the closest match. Compare here in eFI:
\nhttps:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/08\/atropa-acuminata\/<\/a>
\nPlease check for stem character. It is angular in this specimen.<\/p>\n

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Yes …, this is what is known as age catching up.<\/p>\n

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My earlier post
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References:
\nPOWO<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a> \u00a0BSI Flora of India Checklist<\/a>\u00a0 Flowers of India<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2665934<\/a><\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/object_page.aspx?object_id=86842&flora_id=5<\/a><\/div>\n
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http:\/\/davesgarden.com\/guides\/pf\/go\/74122\/<\/a>
\nAtropa acuminata information from NPGS\/GRIN<\/span><\/a>
\nAtropa acuminata – Plants For A Future database report<\/span><\/a>
\nAtropa acuminata in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atropa acuminata Royle ex Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 1: 306 1846. (syn: Atropa lutescens\u00a0Jacquem. ex C.B.Clarke); . E. Iran to W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Assam, India as per POWO; . Common name:\u00a0Indian Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade \u2022\u00a0Hindi: \u091d\u0930\u0915\u093e Jharka, Shafoo \u2022\u00a0Kannada: \u0ca8\u0cbe\u0c9f\u0cbf \u0cac\u0cc6\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0ca1\u0cca\u0ca8 Naati beladonna…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8867],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1408399","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-atropa-acuminata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1408399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1408399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1408399"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1408399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}