Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser. [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aconite	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aconito feroz	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
aconitum ferox	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
amrita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
amrta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atis	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
ativasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ativisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bacchanaag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bachhnag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachnag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachnak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bikh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bis	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisfnag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bish	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bishnaag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bishnag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisma	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
caules bish	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cirinkivisam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indian aconite	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
indian monkshood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
irulmuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irulpuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karu napi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunaabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karunapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshveda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lang tu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
lang tu t'ou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mahoor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matukaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meetha bish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meetha vish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirukapalikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitavisam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitha tilia mudabbir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitha-zahar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mithaa zahar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mithazahar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
monkshood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nabee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
nabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
napam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
napi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nepal aconite	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
nifo bikh	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
paccai navi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paccanavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyusmirtam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prativisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putacarikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shrangikavisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
singya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singya-bis	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
singyabis	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthaavaravisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
telia visha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
teliya-bis	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacanapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaccanapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaccanvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vachhnag	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
vachnag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajraanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
valsanabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanavacanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varcanapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasa-nabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanaavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vasanabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanubhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasha-navi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vashanavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatcanapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatsanaabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vatsanaagaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vatsanabha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vatsanabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatsnav	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
visa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visanapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vishamavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnanuir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnanuyir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vuchnag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wolfsbane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
zher	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
بيش	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
whole plant, root, bulbs	dried bulbs	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aconitum atrox Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 57 (1842).
Aconitum hamiltonii G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 62 (1831).
Nirbisia codua G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 64 (1831).
Nirbisia hamiltonii G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 64 (1831).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aconitum ferox	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Aconitum ferox A.Wall ex Ser.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aconitum ferox Wall.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Seringe	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Aconitum ferox Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aconitum ferox Wallich Ex Ser.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Aconitum ferox Wallich ex Seringe	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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