Scopolia straminiifolia (Wall.) Shrestha

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anisodus anomalus (Link & Otto) V.S.Kumar; Anisodus fischerianus Pascher; Anisodus luridus Link ex Spreng.; Anisodus luridus var. fischerianus (Pascher) C.Y.Wu & C.Chen; Anisodus mairei (H.Lév.) C.Y.Wu & C.Chen; Hyoscyamus luridus E.H.L.Krause; Nicandra anomala Link & Otto; Physalis stramoniifolia Wall.; Scopolia anomala (Link & Otto) Airy Shaw; Scopolia lurida (Link) Dunal; Scopolina stemonifolia Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Anisodus stramoniifolius (Wall.) G.Don
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Open situations, especially in and around villages and yak huts but also in cloud forest clearings; 2285 - 3960 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Administration of a tincture of the leaves to the eyes causes considerable pupil dilation after a short time, and sometimes temporary blindness.
  • Key identification features : Shrubby herbs; branches delicate, succulent, rusty tomentose when young; Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, glabrate or glabrous; Flowers at nodes, yellow or purplish, nodding; Capsules globose, ribbed.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tawang
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Sichuan, North-West Yunnan)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 184
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1041-1042
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 205
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Scopolia straminiifolia. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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