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Forensic Botany: Utilizing Plant Evidence in Crime Scene Analysis

While Botany refers to the scientific study of plant life, growth and development, Forensic Botany can be defined as the study of plants and various plant parts and their derivatives and to understand how these... #forensicbotany #forensicscience #crime

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Cannabis Sativa

Cannabis refers to a group of three plants with psychoactive properties, known as Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis.

When the flowers of these plants are harvested and dried, you’re left with one of the most common drugs in the world. Some call it weed, some call it pot, and others call it marijuana.

Cannabis is usually consumed for its relaxing and calming effects.

it’s also prescribed to help with a range of medical conditions, including chronic pain, glaucoma, and poor appetite.

The active ingredient in weed is a chemical substance called THC, which stands for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. THC that enters your body is absorbed into the bloodstream.

Weed’s effects appear quickly, usually within 15 to 30 minutes after smoking. It can take one or two hours to feel weed’s effects when it’s ingested.

In rare cases, high doses of weed can cause hallucinations, delusions, and psychosis.

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Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes By David J. Gibson — Review

A fascinating and compelling book that examines how to use plant science in matters related to the law in order to solve crimes

Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes By David J. Gibson — Review

"A fascinating and compelling book that examines how to use plant science in matters related to the law in order to solve crimes."

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MCQs on Forensic Botany

MCQs on Forensic Botany

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Forensic botanists: The science of using plants to find bodies

Scientists are studying how decomposing human bodies influence the flora around them, applying the research to forensics.

FORENSIC BOTANY? if these are glimpses of the future, i am ALL about it

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7 Modern Forensic Methodologies

7 Modern Forensic Methodologies

Investigating a crime has gotten far more complex than it was prior to the 1960’s thanks to a slew of new technologies that have allowed investigators to analyze every inch and aspect of a crime scene. While these techniques are undeniably valuable to local and federal law enforcement, over-the-top television procedurals like CSI have made them seem nearly infallible which is far from the case.…

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Day 12 -   Forensic botany, the scientific study of plant remains, has been widely accepted as evidence since 1935.

Over 80 years ago, forensic botany was considered a valid scientific evidence by the courts when Arthur Koehler was able to prove that the ladder rail used in the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s son matched the unique ring pattern found on the boards in Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s attic. This became crucial evidence in the Hauptmann trial that led to his conviction and later execution. 

Utilizing both macroscopic and microscopic evidence, such as wood, seeds, fruits, leaves, twigs, plant hairs, microscopic air-borne pollen and spores, algal cells, etc. Forensic botany has an array of evidence to connect to the crime.

Forensic botany also has a series of sub-disciplines such as:

Palynology (study of pollens)

Dendrochronology (the study of tree rings)

Limnology (study of aquatic environments)

Systematics (classification of plants)

Ecology (the study of ecosystems)

Molecular biology

Photo credit: Diversity of pollen morphology in Centrospermae

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