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dc.contributor.author | Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus) | |
dc.contributor.author | Venter, Elna | |
dc.contributor.other | University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Paraclinical Sciences. Section Pharmacology and Toxicology | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-12-18T11:04:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-12-18T11:04:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
dc.description | Colour photos. Final web-ready size: JPEG, 72 ppi. Photo 1: 39 kb; Photo 2: 33.5 kb; Photo 3: 25.9 kb; Photo 4: 9.7 kb; Photo 5: 18.4 kb. Original TIFF file housed at the Dept. of Paraclinical Sciences, Section Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Pretoria. | en |
dc.description.abstract | DISTRIBUTION: • Originally from Argentina, this plant is now widespread in disturbed places, e.g. along roads, in old lands and on trampled veld. • It is a common weed on the banks of inland rivers and is often also found as a garden plant. • Now a declared weed that has to be eradicated in South Africa. | en |
dc.description.abstract | BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION: General: It is a slender, loosely branched evergreen shrub with long, lax shoots, or an erect tree growing up to 5 m high. The stems are weak and the plant lives at most for a few years and is often an annual Leaves: Alternate, smooth, blue-green, leathery and can be very large (up to 20 cm long) on young plants. Flowers: In loose bunches at the ends of branches. Yellow, narrowly tubular and pendulous. Fruit: A papery capsule 2-chambered and contains many small golden-brown seeds. In contrast to flowers, fruits are borne erect. | en |
dc.description.abstract | TOXIC PRINCIPLE: Contains an alkaloid – anabasine. | en |
dc.description.abstract | SYSTEMS AFFECTED: Central nervous and urogenital system. | en |
dc.description.abstract | CLINICAL SIGNS: CNS: The symptoms are the same as those for nicotine poisoning, viz; salivation, rapid pulse and breathing, slight tremor of the eyelids, lips and muscles, followed by spasms. Urogenital: Anabasine results in malformations (arthrogryposis, cleft palate, deformed head) in lambs if fed to ewes during gestation (30 - 60 days of gestation). | en |
dc.description.uri | http://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/poison | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Botha, CJ & Venter, E 2002, 'Plants poisonous to livestock Southern Africa (CD-ROM)' University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Dept. of Paraclinical Sciences, Section Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pretoria, South Africa. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8465 | |
dc.rights | ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Paraclinical Sciences, Section Pharmacology and Toxicology (Original and digital). Provided for educational purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the original copyright holder. Any attempt to circumvent the access controls placed on this file is a violation of copyright laws and is subject to criminal prosecution. Please contact the collection administrator for copyright issues. | en |
dc.source | Original format: University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science. | en |
dc.subject | Plant poisoning | en |
dc.subject | Toxicology | en |
dc.subject | Plant poisoning in animals | en |
dc.subject | Poisonous plants | en |
dc.subject | Alkaloids | en |
dc.subject | Anabasine | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Poisonous plants -- Toxicology -- Africa, Southern | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary toxicology | en |
dc.title | Nicotiana glauca | en |
dc.title.alternative | Wild tobacco | en |
dc.title.alternative | Wilde tabak | af |
dc.type | Still Image | en |