Hyoscyamus niger L.

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hyoscyamus niger L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for its medicinal values
  • Key identification features : Herbs, erect. Leaves sinuate-dentate or pinnatifid. Flowers greenish-yellow, subsessile, erect in terminal spikes. Seeds more or less compressed.
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.513. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hyoscyamus niger. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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