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(First upload on January 7 2022. Last on December 19 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Atropa belladonna L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Atropa L. (オオカミナスビ)
O-kaminasu (オオカミナスビ, 狼茄子), belladonna (nightshade) or deadly nightshade
Beradonna (ベラドンナ)/Kiminoberatonna (キミノベラトンナ)/O-hashiridokoro (オオハシリドコロ/Seiyouhashiridokoro (セイヨウハシリドコロ)
Lifeform: perennial forb with 1-2 m tall
Distribution: north Africa - Europe - western Asia - Hymalayas
Flower: June-September
Use: roots used as medicine (analgesia and anticonvulsant) by (-)-hyoscyamine, atropine (= ±)-hyoscyamine, etc., while poisonous

atropine
Chemical structure of atropine

var. belladonna, purple flower, the type
var. lutea Döll: yellow flower
var. acuminata Royle ex Lindl.

Scopoliajaponica Maxim. (ハシリドコロ)

索引

Atropa belladonna transplanted in Hokkaido


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[1-6] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University. [1-3] on November 3 2021. [4-6] on August 25 2022.

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