Great Close Up Sir happy to see On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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/ > > > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
