Steinmetz:Scopolia

Scopolia carniolica (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Scopolia carniolica (and other species) Family Solanaceae English Names Scopolia Japanese Belladonna Russian Belladonna Natural Habitat Central Europe (especially Eastern Hungary Carpathian mountains) South-Western Russia India Part(s) Used Radix Scopoliae carniolicae Folia Scopoliae carniolicae

Constituent(s) hyoscyamine hyoscine scopolamine atropine cholesterin Action cerebral sedative diuretic narcotic mydriatic toxic; used as substitute for Belladonna. The root of the Japanese Scopolia japonica and of other tropical species is used for the same purposes