Pan India Bouquets

Aconitum nagarum Stapf

Family : Ranunculaceae
(Buttercup Or Crowfoot Family)
Family (Hindi name) : NEELAMABARI FAMILY (नीलाम्बरी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Ranunculaceae
Synonym(s) : Aconitum nagarum f. ecalcaratum (Airy Shaw) W.T.Wang; Aconitum venatorium Diels
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aconitum nagarum Stapf
Habit : Herb
Habitat : On moist slopes, in grasslands.
Comments / notes : At an altitude of about 2000- 4500 m; paste of the rootstock is applied to poison the arrows for killing wild animals by local people.
Key identification features : Herbs; stems erect; roots paired. Leaves hairy, deeply cut, 3-partite, alabrous. Flowers in slender racemes, greyish pubescent. Follicles oblong, divergent.
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tawang district
Native : India, China South-Central, India, Myanmar
Exotic/Native : Native
Literature : P.K. Hajra, D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri. Flora of India, Sereies 2 : Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh. Vol. 1. pp. 44.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Aconitum nagarum. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.