Just Fab Sir ji Tanay On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> 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) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
