1. Botanical name		Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser.
2. Synonym(s)		Aconitum napellus Hook. f. & Thoms.
3. Family		Ranunculaceae
4. Taxonomic status		Species
5. Vernacular names		Vatsnabh (Sanskrit), Bish (Hindi)
6. Habit		Erect tuberous herb
7. Habitat		Alpine pastures and slopes with rich humus soil
8. Original global distribution		Himachal Pradesh to Sikkim, further extending up to Arunachal Pradesh. Also Nepal & Bhutan
9. Current regional distribution	Ar. Pradesh	West Kameng, Tawang Dt., Lohit Dt.
	Assam	Not recorded
	Meghalaya	Not recorded
	Sikkim	Alpine region of N. Sikkim, Dzongvi area
10. Elevation range (m)		3,000 –5,000
11. Population Reduction – PR	States \ Class	< 30%	30 to 49%			50 to < 80%			³ 80%
	Ar. Pradesh					ü
	Assam					-
	Meghalaya					-
	Sikkim					ü
	Data quality	2, 3, 4
11 a. Time/Rate (years/generations)		10 years
12. Extent of occurrence EOO		> 20,000 km^2
13. Area of Occupancy – AOO		> 2,000 km^2
14. No. of locations / sub-populations		AP	Assam				Meghalaya	Sikkim
		4 (distant)	0				0	2
14 a. Data quality		2
15. Threats		Hm=Harvest for medicine, T=Trade for parts, L= Loss of habitat, Sf= fire.
16. Trade	Name(s)	Atis
	Level(s)	Local ü		Regional ü			National ü	Global
	Parts traded	Tubers
	Impact on population	Declining
	Data quality	4
17. Other comments		§ Roots are used as arrow poison by Monpa and Mishmi tribes § Roots are substituted for Aconitum heterophyllum § Identification in the field is confused with Aconitum heterophyllum
18. Recent field studies		§ L.R. Bhuyan, 1986, Lohit Dt., Hot spring area § M.K. Pathak, 2002. Upper Dibang Valley Dt. (Arunachal Pradesh) § Choudhary & Rao, 2001. Himalayas
19. Status		Ar. Pradesh			Assam		Meghalaya	Sikkim
- CITES		Yes
- Legislation		National -ve list of export (requiring cultivation certificate)						Harvest from wild Banned (all species)
- Criteria based on		A 2 c, d			-		-	A 2 c, d
- IUCN		EN			-		-	EN
20. % of global presence		15-20%			-		-
21. Existing Conservation measures		Nothing specific for this taxon
22. Is the presence of taxon continuous with neighboring areas ?		Yes
23. Are the outside populations also under similar threats / pressures ?		Yes
24. Recommendations a) Research / Management i) in situ ü ii) ex situ b) Cultivation c) Level of difficulty in propagation / cultivation		Arunachal Pradesh - Sella (under Army control) Sikkim – Kymogsla Alpine sanctuary - 2 (Moderately difficult)
25. Existing cultivation facilities		Only experimental trials
26. Previous assessment		DD – Nepal, 2001
27. Data sources (including literature)		§ Flora of India, BSI, Vol. I § Forest News Journal of Arunachal (SFRI) § Red Data Book
28. Compilers		S.N. Hegde (Facilitator), L.R. Bhuyan, M.S. Rawat, Manju Sundriyal, K. Ravikumar (Recorder), M. Majumdar, K.C. Malakar, A. K Baishya, D.K. Ved.
29. Reviewers		R. R. Rao (Facilitator), K. Haridasan, A.N. Rao, R.C. Sundriyal, P. Gajurel, , Mridul Goswami, R.S. Pathak, R. Vijaya Sankar (Recorder), G.A. Kinhal.