WORLD'S DEADLIEST PLANT

Astropa Belladonna(😰)

       DEADLIEST PLANT (Astropa Belladonna)

Astropa belladonna also known as deadly nightshade an extremely poisonous plant that native to Eastern hemisphere. This plant contains different chemicals that have power to block functions of nervous systems of the body. So it is used as anticholinergic agent, used to treat diseases like asthma, muscular spasms and excessive sweating.At same time both berries of leaves of this plant contain highly poisonous tropane alkaloid toxin.

Ingestion of two or more berries of leaves of this plant can cause death of human adult. There is also possibilities of thinking belladonna berries as blueberries by children. The poisoning of belladonna makes various signs such as blurred vision, loss of balance, head ache, hallucinations and urinary retention.
Its distribution extends from Great Britain in the west to western Ukraine and the Iranian province of Gilan in the east. It is also naturalised and/or introduced in some parts of Canada and the United States. The foliage and berries are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids.
Plants grow to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall with ovate leaves 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long.The fruits are berries, which are green, ripening to a shiny-black, and approximately 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) in diameter. The berries are sweet and are consumed by animals (see Toxicity) that disperse the seeds in their droppings, even though the seeds contain toxic alkaloids.