very nice details, is it same as ATIVISHA? with an A? aconitum of garden variety gets blue flowers...
Ushadi ========= On Sep 2, 9:02 am, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Just Fab Sir ji > Tanay > > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:43 PM, 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:*http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
