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Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. ex Royle

[ Family : Ranunculaceae ]
[ Synonyms : Aconitum atees Royle ; Aconitum cordatum Royle ; Aconitum ovatum Lindl.; Aconitum petiolare Royle ex Stapf ]
[ Common name (Local) : Ataicha, Bikhuma (Nep.) ]
Name in other Languages :
  • Bengali : Atibisha, Ataicha | Sanskrit : Amrita, Aruna, Ativisha, Ataicha | Hindi : Arand, Atis, Atvika | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Atis root, Indian atees | Other Languages : Ativitayam (Mal.); Ati vadayam (Tam.); Ati vasha (Tel.)
    • [ Trade Name : Atis, Ativisha, Aconite ]
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Plant Characteristics :
Habit : Erect perennial herb
Habitat & Ecology : , Wild, Alpine Himalayan plant. Prefers higher altitude.
Occurrence : Darjeeling hills (Phalut) 3600 m

Status : Endangered
Botanical Character : Erect leafy herb growing up to 1.5 m in height. Roots paired, tuberous, smooth, whitish or grey. Stem simple or rarely branched from the base, glabrous below and puberulous above. Leaves simple, 5-10 cm in length, sharply toothed but largely heteromorphous; lowest leaves with long (10-12 cm) petioles, usually 5-lobed to the middle and uppermost leaves amplexicaul. Flowers in loose terminal branched spike-like many - flowered racemes. Flowers more than 2.5 cm long, bright blue, greenish blue with purple veins. helmet shortly beaked, half as high as long. Testa smooth, follicles 5, downy. Seeds obpyramidal, blackish brown, smooth.

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Flowering & Fruiting : August--September
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Soil Character : Higher mountainous soil
Climate : Alpine and subalpine
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Root, Leaf

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