Aconitum orientale Mill.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aconitum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 1.25-1.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Damp grass patches in the mountain-forest and subalpine zones.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Analgesic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Narcotic (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 5 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Aconitum orientale world distribution map, present in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:707662-1
WFO ID wfo-0000517812
COL ID 9GK9
BDTFX ID 560
INPN ID 80035
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Synonyms

Aconitum orientale Aconitum lycoctonum Aconitum macrophyllum Aconitum galeatum Aconitum lasiostomum Aconitum ochroleucum Aconitum ponticum Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. orientale Aconitum orientale var. chloranthum Aconitum orientale var. eriocarpum Aconitum orientale var. ochroleucum Aconitum orientale var. ponticum Aconitum lycoctonum var. orientale