Accession #: 202200011
Accession Date: 2022-01-06
Common name: Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae
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Country of Origin: Mediterranean region to Iran, Caucasus
Description:
Uses: Deadly Nightshade contains tropane alkaloids such as atropine, scopolamine and hyoscyamine, which are extremely toxic but are used medicinally in small doses for their anticholinergic effects (blockage of the activity of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine). The plant was formerly used in folk medicine, cosmetics, as a poison, and in witches flying ointment.
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Source: Jardin Clermont-Ferrand index seminum
Provenance:
Seed from 2021 index seminum of Jardin botanique de la Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, France, accession #523. Sown July 15 2021
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