Usha di It is Ativisha only not Stivisha, my typing error. -- 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/
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
