Pan India Bouquets

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.
Flower, Fruit : June-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
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
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Scopolia straminiifolia. Downloaded on 29 March 2023.

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