Thanks Nidhan ji and Rawat ji There is a small alpine garden maintained at Khillenmarg (rather near Kongdor) the first landing of Gandola at about 3000 m, just above the tree line, growing plants collected from surrounding areas. A few medicinal plants are grown here.
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/ On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:40 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > A very importan medicinal plant. > Flora of India by BSI consider it different from *A.violaceum* var. > *robustum* though the TPL 2013 consider both of them as same. I still > remember to have seen few large specimens of A.violaceum in Kedarnath area > (4000m) which matched to *A.violaceum* var *robustum* of Flora of India > but those were different from this plant. Taxonomy of Aconites in Western > Himalaya is far less satisfactory and need revisionary study based not > merely on herbarium specimens but also on live collections. > > > On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 9:27:19 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh 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. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
