Aconitum, Bong nga བོང་ང༌ The Tibetan Aconites Bong nga (general name for Aconites in Tibetan Medicine) Aconitum heterophyllumWhite AconiteCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, (1874)Aconitum feroxBlack AconiteF.E. Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, (1890) Aconitum gymnandrum‘Red Aconite’ (Lesser variety)Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1907)Aconitum tauricum“Yellow Aconite”F.G. Hayne, Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung derin der Arzneykunde gebräuchlichen Gewächse, (1833) Botanical name: There are 4 main types of Aconite used in Tibetan Medicine, differentiated based on the color of their root-tissue (Kletter)The categorization is complex, with some species being listed differently according to different sources. Bong nga dkar po (Bong dkar) བོང་ང་དཀར་པོ  ‘White Aconite’, Also called Spyang dug  a. Aconitum heterophyllum  b. A. palmatumOther species suggested: A. tanguticum Bong nga nag po (Bong nag):  བོང་ང་ནག་པོ  ‘Black Aconite’ (Dark Blue): Also called Btsan dug, Sman chen, Ha la ha la  a. Aconitum ferox (Nepal Aconite), Bish, Nipo er Wu Tou 尼泊尔乌头  b. A. chasmanthum  c. A. flavum (Tibet, West China)  d. A. pendulum (syn. A. szechenylanum)  e. A. laciniatum  f. A. balfouri  g. A. spicatum (Sman chen)  h. A. richardsonianum var. crispulum (Ha la ha la) 直序乌头  i. A. kusnezoffii (Ha la)  j. A. violaceum (Sman chen)Other species suggested:  k. A. acutiusculum var. aureopilosum (Yunnan)  l. A. brachypodum (Sichuan, Yunnan)  m. A.…

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