Aconitum violaceum

Aconitum violaceum is a species of perennial plant distributed in the Himalayan region of India, Pakistan, and Nepal. Within India, it has been recorded in the alpine slopes in an altitude range of 3,600–4,800 m (12,000–16,000 ft).^[1] The plant is used in traditional Tibetan medicine.^{[citation needed]} It has a bitter taste and a cooling tendency.

Aconitum violaceum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Aconitum
Species:	A. violaceum
Binomial name
Aconitum violaceum Jacquem. ex Stapf