Wow amazing hood like petal.... sorry it should be sepal. Dr Satish Phadke
On 11 January 2015 at 09:40, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Aconitum heterophyllum* Wall.ex Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. Mount. > 56.t.13. 1833 > > Common names: Atis root, Stivisha (Sans.), Atis (Hindi) > > Tuberous herb up to 90 cm tall, simple or branched from base; lower leaves > petiolate, rounded to oval, cordate at base, shallowly lobed or toothed, > upper stem-clasping, sharply toothed; flowers 3-4 cm long, in loose raceme > or subpaniculate, sepals dull green-purple or dull green-blue, with dark > purple veins, upper one pointed in front with rounded top, lateral as long; > petals (nectaries) two with about 16-18 mm long claw and 4 mm long hood; > follicles 5, 15-20 mm long, slightly downy or glabrous. > > Tuberous roots yield alkaloids atisine, heteratisne, atidine, hetidine, > etc., roots used for hysteria, throat infections, dyspepsia and vomiting, > abdominal pain and diabetes. > > 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.
