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'''Aconitum ferox ''' is an herb found in the temperate to alpine regions of the Himalaya in the altitude of 3300-5000 m. All parts are highy toxic but has great use in ayurveda.

{{Uses|Respiratory diseases}}, {{Uses|Cardiac tonicproblem}}, {{Uses|Aphrodisiac}}, {{Uses|Urinary disorders}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Enlarged spleen}} <ref name="Uses"/>

{{Common names|sa=ativisaGarala, garala, kshveda, prativisa, vatsanabhaKshveda|en=Monk's hood, Indian aconite|gu=|hi=bachhnag, bachnakBachhnag, bis, bish, mahoor, mitha-zaharBachnak|kn=vasanabhiVasanabhi, vatsanabhiVatsanabhi|ks=|ml=valsanabhiValsanabhi, vatsanabhiVatsanabhi|mr=bachnagBachnag, vachnagVachnag|pa=|ta=cirinkivisam, karunaabhi, karunapi, vashanavi, vatcanapiCirinkivisam, visanapiKarunaabhi|te=ativasaAtivasa, nabhiNabhi, vasanabhiVasanabhi}} <ref name="Common names"/>

{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|scatteredScattered, distant, excepting the lowest 2 or 3 which are usually delayed at the time of the flowering, up to 7, glabrous, or the uppermost very sparingly hairy; petioles slender, the lower up to 25 cm. long and much dilated at the base, uppermost very short; blade orbicular-cordate to reniform in outline with a rather wide sinus (up to 8 cm. deep) up to 11 cm.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal raceme|Bluish purple||a loose Loose raceme 10-25 cm. long, often with slender, erect, few-flowered additional branches from the leafy base; rhachis slender, densely yellow-pubescent to sub-tomentose; floral leaves like the preceding leaves, but much reduced, passing upwards into trifid or entire and linear-lanceolate bracts; bracteoles at or below the middle, resembling reduced bracts, very often suppressed; pedicels slender, erect, the lowest at length up to 7 cm. long. Sepals: blue, hairy; uppermost helmet-shaped, helmet semi-orbicular in profile, shortly beaked 20—24 mm. high, 17—20 mm. from tip to base, 7—9 mm. wide; lateral sepals slightly contiguous with the helmet, oblique, orbicular-obovate, broadly clawed, 16 mm. long, 14 mm. broad; lower sepals deflexed, oblong subacute, 10 mm. long.}}

{{Fruit|Follicles||| oblongOblong, obliquely subtruncate, 15—20 mm. long, 4-5 mm. broad, dorsally sub-convex, loosely tomentose or at length almost glabrous, conspicuously reticulate.| obovoid Obovoid or obpyramidal, 2.6—3 mm. long, winged along the raphe, transversely lamellate on the faces, lamellae undulate|}}

{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Root Divisions}}

File:Aconitum ferox in Jardin botanique de la Charme.jpg}|Flowers

<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf"chemistry"Chemistry]</ref><ref name="Uses">[https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/vatsanabha-aconitum-ferox"Uses"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search"Common names]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/Database/MedicinalPlants_3939.aspx#Aconitum%20ferox%20Wall.%20(Ranunculaceae) Ayurvedic preparations]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/indian-medicinal-plants/d/doc213942.html"morphology"Morphology]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>

* [ https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Aconitum+ferox Aconitum ferox on pfaf.org]* [ ]* [ ]