Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aconitum napellus L. [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 21

Aconitum napellus f. albicans (Host) Gáyer

Aconitum napellus f. alpicola Gáyer

Aconitum napellus f. angustissimum Gáyer

Aconitum napellus var. anthorifolium Ser.

Aconitum napellus f. carniolicum Gáyer

Aconitum napellus subsp. formosum (Rchb.) Gáyer

Aconitum napellus f. glaciale Rchb.

Aconitum napellus var. grignae Gáyer

Aconitum napellus var. hayekianum Gáyer

Aconitum napellus nothosubsp. hinterhuberi Starm.

Aconitum napellus f. juranum Gáyer

Aconitum napellus f. leiopodum Gáyer

Aconitum napellus subsp. lobelii Mucher

Aconitum napellus f. maculatum (Ser.) Gáyer

Aconitum napellus f. parviflorum (Host) Gáyer

Aconitum napellus nothosubsp. polatschekii Mucher ex Starm.

Aconitum napellus nothosubsp. seitzii Mucher ex Starm.

Aconitum napellus subsp. splendens (Font Quer) Rivas Mart.

Aconitum napellus f. tenuifolium (Host) Gáyer

Aconitum napellus subsp. lusitanicum Rouy

Aconitum napellus subsp. napellus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aconit napel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
aconite	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
aconiti radix	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
aconito	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aconitum napellus	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
aconitum napellus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
aconitum, radix	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
acónito	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
acónito común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
acônito	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
amrta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aqonitoun	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
athivasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachnaag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachnag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachnanak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barmalees	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bear's-foot	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
beesh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beesh (mitha zahar,atees)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bheesh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bi sa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blauer eisenhut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
blue rocket	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
btsan dug	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
capacete-de-júpiter	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
capuz-de-frade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
carro-de-venus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cimainapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
circatacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
english aconite	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
european aconite	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
friar's cap	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
friar's-cap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
garden monk's-hood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garden monkshood	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
garden wolf-bane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garden wolfsbane	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
helmet flower	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
helmet-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
helmut-flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian aconite	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
khāneqonnamer	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
mata-lobos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
matalobos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
meetha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mithavis	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mithazahar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
monk's-hood	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
monkshood	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
naabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nag po	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
napi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queen's fettle	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
soldier's cap	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
soldier's-cap	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
soviet aconite	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
turk's cap	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
turk's-cap	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vachchanavi	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
vachnaag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanaabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasanumbhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vashanavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vathasanaabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatsanaba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatsanabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatsanabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venus' chariot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
visa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vistsanabhah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wolfsbane	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
äkta stormhatt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
اقونیطون	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خانق النّمر	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Root, Tube, Tuber		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
whole plant	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
root, tuber		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
root, tuber		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
raízes tuberosas		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
root		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Delphinium napellus (L.) Baill. Dict. Bot. 18: (1885).
Napellus vulgaris Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 327 (1868).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aconitum napellus	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Aconitum napellus L.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aconitum napelus L.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Aconitum nappellus Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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