Dear Dr. Singh wonderful yes it is Aconitum chasmanthum Prof.A.H. Munshi On 11 January 2015 at 09:26, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes, Mus. Report, Pharm. Soc. Great Britain > 1903 > syn: Aconitum napellus Hook.f. & Thoms. (non L.); ; Aconitum chasmanthum > subsp. baltistanicum Qureshi & Chaudhri; Aconitum kurramense Qureshi & > Chaudhri; Aconitum violaceum var. robustum Stapf > > > Common names: Indian Napellus, Ban-bal-nag, Beshmolo, Mori > > Tall leafy plant, up to 90 cm with ruberous root; leaves similar, though > upper slightly smaller, 3-8 cm broad, cut alomost up to base into linear > segments; flowers blue or purplish, in up to 30 cm long racemes; upper sepal > curved back helmet-shaped, lateral oborbicular to nearly square; petals > (nectaries) 2-5 with 5-7 mm long claw; carpels usually 5, follicles oblong, > 10-15 mm, truncate. > > Often confused with A. napellus, this species is distributed from Chitral to > Kashmir at higher altitudes.The whole plant is highly toxic - simple skin > contact has caused numbness in some people. The dried root is analgesic, > anodyne, diaphoretic, diuretic, irritant and sedative. The root is a rich > source of active alkaloids, containing around 3%. It is best harvested as > soon as the plant dies down in the autumn. This is a very poisonous plant > and should only be used with extreme caution and under the supervision of a > qualified practitioner. > > Photographed from Apharwat, Kashmir in August, growing along forest margins. > It has also been introduced into newly developed alpine garden near Kongdor, > middle stop of Gondola above Gulmarg. > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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