 Aconitum laeve Royle |
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Ranunculaceae.
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- Local Name:
- Patrees, Atees.
- Synonym:
- Aconitum lycoctonum Besser
- Habit and Habitat:
- A perennial herb up to 1-1.5 m tall found in sub-alpine and alpine zones.
- Taxonomic Features:
- Leaves simple, round-heart shaped, deeply divided into 5-9 lobes. Lobes coarsely toothed. Inflorescence composed of branched racemes, 15-30 cm long. Flower zygomorphic, dull purple or pale yellow. Sepals-5 resemble with petal, upper one hood-like. Hood prominent. Fruit a follicle.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-September.
- Harvesting Time:
- September-October.
- Medicinal Value:
- Externally root paste is used for treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia and sciatica. [15] Locally powder of dried root in small doses is used in fever and general body pains.
- Part Used:
- Root.
- Occurrence:
- Uncommon.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Cultivation, Chemical analysis, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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