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Aconitum soongaricum
Aconitum soongaricum is a poisonous perennial herbaceous species of the buttercup family, native to high mountains (2,500 to 3,000 m) in Kashmir, China, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. It is rarely grown in gardens and is valued mainly in traditional medicine, where its extreme toxicity limits use.
Aconitum soongaricum is a poisonous perennial herbaceous plant species of the genus Aconitum.
All parts of the plant contain alkaloids associated with aconitic acid (primarily aconitine), but their concentration depends on the phase of vegetation. Spring shoots before flowering are the richest in alkaloids.
Aconitum soongaricum is endemic to Kashmir., China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (the Dzungarian Alatau, Trans-Ili Alatau and Tarbagatai Mountains), at elevations of 2,500–3,000 meters. The specific name soongaricum means 'native to Dzungaria' - a region currently forming the northern part of Xinjiang in NW China, but bearing a name meaning 'land of the left-hand (i.e. 'western') Mongols'.
Aconitum soongaricum has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, narcotic, antitumor, analgesic and antispasmodic effects.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
