#REDIRECT {{stub}} [[File:"Calotropis procera Ait flower".JPG|thumb|right|'' Sadapushpa'', ''Mandara'', ''Calotropis flower'']] It is a large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color. Each flower consists of five pointed petals and a small "crown" rising from the center which holds the stamens. The aestivation found in calotropis is valvate i.e. sepals or petals in a whorl just touch one another at the margin, without overlapping. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem. The latex of Calotropis gigantea contains cardiac glycosides, fatty acids, and calcium oxalate. ==Uses=={{Uses|migraines}}, {{Uses|headaches}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|piles}}, {{Uses|burning sensation}}, {{Uses|perspiration problems}}, {{Uses|burning sensation in the vagina}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Root tubers}}. ==Chemical Composition==Atisine, Aconitine, Atisenol, Atidine, Hetisine, Hetisinone, Banzolheteratisine, Histidine, F- Arkadihydroatisine, Heteratisine and Several diterpene alkaloids such aheterophyllin, heterophyllisin, heterophyllidine, and hetidine.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Ativisa|ml=Ativisam|sa=Ativisha|ta=Atividyam|te=Ati visa|hi=Atis|en=Indian Atees}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|glabrous|sessile|The leaves are variable in shape and size}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|white–violet|10-18|Flowers are Large, hooded and occur in slender racemes or lax leafy panicles. Corolla is hairy. Carpels are five in number}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome||s|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Tuber segment}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==The more common species of Aconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids. They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and delphiniums, and can grow in the shade of trees.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|western Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|open woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|moisty soil area}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Aconitum napellus01.jpg|File:Aconitum-reclinatum01.jpg|Trailing white monkshood (''A. reclinatum)''File:Aconitum-uncinatum01.jpg|Southern blue monkshood (''A. uncinatum'')File:Alaskan Monkshood Leaf.jpg|Wild Alaskan monkshood (''A. delphinifolium'') is a flowering species that belongs to the family Ranunculaceae. </gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.medicinalplantsanduses.com/aconitum-heterophyllum-medicinal-uses "medicinal plants"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://www.bimbima.com/herbs/ativisha/3956/ "bimbima"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum "wikipedea"]</ref></references> ==External Links== [[Category:Herbs]]
