Description of plant

Description of plant and varieties

    Belladona

     
    A. belladonna is an erect, herbaceous plant. The plant is shrub like with spreading slender often purplish branches. The flowers borne singly in the leaf axils, are large bell shaped, the upper part is brownish violet or purple or golden brown with violet brown veins. The fruit is a berry. A. acuminata is a tall, perennial herb, 70-150cm in height with a dichotomously branched stem. It closely resembles A. belladonna.

    Varieties
    Srinagar: It is selection developed by Regional Research Laboratory. It contains 0.6 per cent alakaloid.

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