Golden Henbane / بَنج ذهبي

البنج / السكران

Hyoscyamus aureus L.

Flowers, February. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Toxic
Blooming period
March to June
Seed collection period
July to September
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Hypnotic
  • Sedative

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Hyoscyamus
Family
Solanaceae
Wikidata item
Q4118442
GBIF Item
Hyoscyamus aureus L. (7602400)

References

  1. Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)
  2. Hyoscyamus aureus L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  3. Plants For A Future. Hyoscyamus aureus - L.(2022, March 10).
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  5. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.

Citation

Hyoscyamus aureus L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/756 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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