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We continue with you a conversation about poisonous plants, their secrets and riddles
Dangerous herbs
In beech forests on old felling areas grows
belladonna caucasian (belladonna, mad cherry, or "sleepy stupor"), which has an unpleasant odor. This perennial plant, reaching up to 2 m in height, has drooping, bell-shaped flowers. The fruit is a black juicy berry, very similar to a cherry. Belladonna is highly poisonous. Its Latin name "atropa", meaning "inevitable", comes from the Greek goddess of death, mercilessly cutting the thread of life. Its poisonous and hallucinogenic properties served as the basis for the spread of beliefs associated with it. In the old days, belladonna was considered a witch's potion. She is sometimes the cause of unhappiness, especially for children. It is cultivated as a medicinal plant.
On wastelands, roadsides, in cattle stands, common dope (stupor-grass) with large fragrant flowers in the form of funnels. Its fruits are capsules with green thorns and many seeds. The whole plant is known to be poisonous, and especially the seeds. Most often, poisoning occurs when it is used for self-medication. Sometimes it is cultivated as an ornamental one. Due to the unpleasant smell, animals usually do not eat it. Poisonous substances persist in dried plants.
The medicinal use of Datura has been known since antiquity. There are indications about him in the ancient Indian collection Sushruta, compiled for 11 centuries BC. Avicenna, in the Canon of Medical Science, points to its medicinal use, noting that it is both "intoxicating and harmful to the brain."
In the same places, there is another fluffy plant -
henbane black, or
madly
Its dull or dirty purple flowers and large leaves cover the stem abundantly. The fruit is a box with a lid that opens after ripening. The glandular hairs give off a foul-smelling liquid. Since ancient times, the property of henbane has been known to change consciousness and feelings. Small doses of it - soothe, large - cause madness.
In deciduous forests found
celandine great (yellow grass, "swallow grass"). The last name was not given by chance. The time of its flowering coincides with the arrival of swallows, and it fades in the fall, by the time of their departure. Contains a bright orange milky poisonous juice. In stems and leaves, its color is lighter. Emits an unpleasant odor. In summer and autumn, flowers, fruits and buds can be seen on the plant at the same time. Celandine is poisonous, cattle neglect it. It must be handled with care. In folk medicine, warts and skin diseases are treated with juice. Hence its Russian popular name warthog.
There are also poisonous species in the labiate family. So, common pickle contains poisonous oil in seeds. Cases of poisoning of livestock with grain waste mixed with its seeds have been observed. It is found everywhere in the flat part.
An alien from the Mediterranean is poisonous
colchicum magnificent … It is named so for its unusual cycle of seasonal development: it blooms in the fall, and bears fruit in the spring. This is the plant that confused the time. He has his own calendar, not the same as other plants. Its tubers are a good raw material for the manufacture of valuable drugs - colhamine and colchicine, which suppress the growth of malignant tumors. Colchicine acts on living tissue in a similar way to arsenic. Therefore, it is called vegetable arsenic. The flower preparation is also used in plant breeding as a strong mutagen.
Poisonous and
colchicum cheerfulgrowing in the steppes. It develops intensively in sheep shelters and sheep camps. Animals do not touch him.
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