Accession Data
Atropa belladonna
Common Name: Belladonna, Deadly Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae
Country of Origin: Mediterranean region to Iran, Caucasus
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.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202200011
Accession Date: 2022-01-06 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2102
Quantity: 3
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
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid I
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
SubFamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Hyoscyameae
Flowering Data:
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References
- Atropa belladonna - Wikipedia
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