Scopolia japonica

Scopolia japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Scopolia
Species:	S. japonica
Binomial name
	Scopolia japonica; Maxim.

Scopolia japonica, also Japanese belladonna or Korean scopolia,[1] is a flowering plant species in the genus Scopolia - one of the eight genera in tribe Hyoscyameae of the nightshade family Solanaceae.

The coumarins umbelliferone and scopoletin have been isolated from the roots of Scopolia japonica. The hairy roots technique has also been used to produce the alkaloids scopolamine and hyoscyamine.[2]

Gallery

Plant in flower.
Single flower (interior).
Scopoliae Rhizoma (root of Scopolia japonica)

References

English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 630. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
Yoshihiro Mano; Shigeyasu Nabeshima; Chiaki Matsui; Hideo Ohkawa (1986). "Production of Tropane Alkaloids by Hairy Root Cultures of Scopolia japonica". Agric. Biol. Chem. 50 (11): 2715–22. doi:10.1080/00021369.1986.10867820.

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[1] English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 630. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.

[2] Yoshihiro Mano; Shigeyasu Nabeshima; Chiaki Matsui; Hideo Ohkawa (1986). "Production of Tropane Alkaloids by Hairy Root Cultures of Scopolia japonica". Agric. Biol. Chem. 50 (11): 2715–22. doi:10.1080/00021369.1986.10867820.