Nicotiana glauca

dc.contributor.authorBotha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus)
dc.contributor.authorVenter, Elna
dc.contributor.emailchristo.botha@up.ac.zaen
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Paraclinical Sciences. Section Pharmacology and Toxicology
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-12-18T11:04:44Z
dc.date.available2008-12-18T11:04:44Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionColour 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.abstractDISTRIBUTION: • 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.abstractBOTANICAL 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.abstractTOXIC PRINCIPLE: Contains an alkaloid – anabasine.en
dc.description.abstractSYSTEMS AFFECTED: Central nervous and urogenital system.en
dc.description.abstractCLINICAL 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.urihttp://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/poisonen
dc.identifier.citationBotha, 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/8465
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dc.sourceOriginal format: University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science.en
dc.subjectPlant poisoningen
dc.subjectToxicologyen
dc.subjectPlant poisoning in animalsen
dc.subjectPoisonous plantsen
dc.subjectAlkaloidsen
dc.subjectAnabasineen
dc.subject.lcshPoisonous plants -- Toxicology -- Africa, Southernen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary toxicologyen
dc.titleNicotiana glaucaen
dc.title.alternativeWild tobaccoen
dc.title.alternativeWilde tabakaf
dc.typeStill Imageen

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