Belladonna seeds «Beauty»

Belladonna or deadly nightshade «Beauty» / Atropa belladonna - is a winter-hardy variety, resistant to drought and lodging. The growing season is 120-128 days. The content of alkaloids in raw materials averages 1.0%. At the initial stages of organogenesis, plants of the Krasavka variety have a green color with anthocyanin. In the first year of vegetation, the plants are 0.8-1.2 m high, and in the second and subsequent years - 1.5-2.0 m.

Stem branched in diameter reaches 3 cm, heavily covered with anthocyanin. The leaves are entire, ovate-pointed, petiolate, dark green in color, pubescent below. Leaf blades are on average 35 cm long, 16 cm wide.

The foliage of plants is about 60%. Flowers are bell-shaped, drooping. The color of the flowers is brown-violet, at the base with a yellowish tinge. Corolla 3 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide. The fruit is a two-celled, multi-seeded, juicy purple-black berry, shiny on a long stalk. The root system of the variety is powerful.

The whole plant contains the alkaloid hyoscyamine. Atropine - the main alkaloid of the plant, has antispasmodic and neurogenic properties. It reduces the tone of the intestines, uterus, bronchi and other smooth muscle organs.

All the alkaloids contained in belladonna improve heart function, can dilate pupils and increase pressure inside the eye.