Plant
Atis
An important and pressured Himalayan species. Identification and caution only.
General education, not a diagnosis or emergency care. Medical disclaimer.
Identity
- Common name
- Atis
- Botanical name
- Aconitum heterophyllum
- Region
- Western Himalaya.
Limits of this note
- Conservation
- A threatened Himalayan aconite. Sanskrit name: Ativisha. Family: Ranunculaceae. Trade is regulated; wild collection is not a subject of this site.
- References
- Identification only. No processing or dose guidance is published here.
Atis is part of the classical materia medica and part of a modern conservation problem. Aconitum species also demand correct identity because the genus includes poisonous plants.
This page does not describe processing, detoxification, dose, or collection.
How to read this note
Atis on this page means Aconitum heterophyllum. Local spellings differ. Follow the scientific name, and check it in a current flora before a study or a purchase.
What is published
- The scientific name and, where it has been entered, the family.
- A region in ordinary language.
- Whether the public note treats the plant as a familiar crop or as a species that needs conservation care.
What is withheld
- A dose, a preparation, or a personal treatment.
- A claim that the plant cures a disease.
- Directions for finding or collecting a wild plant.
- A processing or trade method.
A reviewer has not yet signed this page. Until that review, the note is an identification aid.