Coronilla scorpioides
Coronilla scorpioides
Safety & Hazards
The plant contains the glucoside coronillin. This has potential medicinal application - in small doses it slows the pulse through stimulation of the inhibitory ganglia, and in larger quantity increases the tonicity and contractility of the heart, though in still larger quantities it eventually leads to systolic spasm of the ventricle leading to death by cardiac arrest[ 1337 Title The Pharmacological and Toxicological Effects of Coronilla varia and Coronilla scorpioides: A Review Publication The Pharmaceutical and Chemical Journal, 2016 , 3(2):105-114 Author Ali Esmail Al-Snafi Website http://www.tpcj.org Publisher Year 2016 ISBN 2349-7092 Description ].
Botanical Description
Coronilla scorpioides is an erect to ascending, annual plant growing up to 40cm tall[ 1337 Title The Pharmacological and Toxicological Effects of Coronilla varia and Coronilla scorpioides: A Review Publication The Pharmaceutical and Chemical Journal, 2016 , 3(2):105-114 Author Ali Esmail Al-Snafi Website http://www.tpcj.org Publisher Year 2016 ISBN 2349-7092 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and a dye. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.