Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Delphinium brunonianum Royle Delphinium himalayae Munz Delphinium roylei Munz Delphinium vestitum Wall. ex Royle Ranunculaceae

Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

Part of the book series: Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions ((ETMORE))

Abstract

Delphinium brunonianum Royle: Delphinium brunonianum var. aitchisoni Huth; Delphinium brunonianum var. jacquemontianum (Cambess.) Huth; Delphinium brunonianum var. nordhagenii (Wendelbo) Qureshi & Chaudhri; Delphinium foetidum Lomakin; Delphinium jacquemontianum Cambess.; Delphinium minjanense Rech. f.; Delphinium moschatum Munro ex Hook. f. & Thomson f.; Delphinium moschatum Munro ex Hook. f. & Thomson

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Abbas Z, Mulk Khan S, Mehmood Abbasi A, Pieroni A, Ullah Z, Iqbal M, Ahmad Z. Ethnobotany of the Balti community, Tormik valley, Karakorum range, Baltistan, Pakistan. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2016;12(1):38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-016-0114-y.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Abbas Z, Khan SM, Alam J, Khan SW, Abbasi AM. Medicinal plants used by inhabitants of the Shigar Valley, Baltistan region of Karakorum range-Pakistan. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2017;13(1):53.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ali SI, Qaiser M. Flora of Pakistan. St. Louis: Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Pakistan and Missouri Botanical Garden; 1995–2020.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ambasta SSP. The useful plants of India. New Delhi: Publications & Information Directorate CSIR; 1986.

    Google Scholar 

  • Asif H, Alamgeer, Bukhari IA, Vohra F, Afzal S, Khan SW, et al. Phytochemical analysis of crude extract of Delphinium brunonianum and its effect on hypertension and metabolic perturbations in fructose fed rats. Nat Prod Res. 2019; 1–5.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bano A, Ahmad M, Hadda TB, Saboor A, Sultana S, Zafar M, Ashraf MA. Quantitative ethnomedicinal study of plants used in the skardu valley at high altitude of Karakoram-Himalayan range, Pakistan. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2014;10(1):43.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Baral SR, Kurmi PP. A compendium of medicinal plants in Nepal. Kathmandu: Mrs. Rachana Sharma; 2006.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bhandary KK, Ramasubbu N, Joshi BS, Desai HK, Pelletier SW. Structure of delvestine: a norditerpenoid alkaloid from Delphinium vestitum Wall. Acta Crystallogr Sect C Cryst Struct Commun. 1990;46:1704–7.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bhat JA, Kumar M, Bussmann RW. Ecological status and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary of Garhwal Himalaya, India. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2013;9:1.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bhattarai NK. Medical ethnobotany in the Karnali zone, Nepal. Econ Bot. 1992;46:257–61.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bhattarai S, Chaudhary RP, Taylor RSL. Ethnomedicinal plants used by the people of Manang district, central Nepal. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2006;2:41.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Deng W, Sung WL. Three new C19-diterpenoid alkaloids, delbrunine, delbruline and desbrusine from Delphinium brunonianum Royle. Heterocycles (Sendai). 1986;24:873–6.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Desai HK, El Sofany RH, Pelletier SW. Isodelectine: a new norditerpenoid alkaloid from Delphinium vestitum. J Nat Prod. 1990;53:1606–8.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gairola S, Sharma J, Singh Bedi Y. A cross-cultural analysis of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh (India) medicinal plant use. J Ethnopharmacol. 2014;155:925–86.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ghimire SK, Mckey D, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y. Himalayan medicinal plant diversity in an ecologically complex high altitude anthropogenic landscape, Dolpo, Nepal. Environ Conserv. 2006;33:128–40.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ghimire SK, Sapkota IB, Oli BR, Parajuli-Rai R. Non-timber forest products of Nepal Himalaya: database of some important species found in the mountain protected areas and surrounding regions. Kathmandu: WWF Nepal; 2008.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jeelani SM, Wani MP, Kumari S, Gupta RC, Siddique MAA. Ethnobotany of some polypetalous plants from the Kashmir Himalaya. J Med Plants Res. 2013;7:2714–21.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kala CP. Indigenous use, population density, and conservation of threatened medicinal plants in protected areas of the Indian Himalayas. Conserv Biol. 2005;19(2):368–78.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kayani S, Ahmad M, Sultana S, Khan Shinwari Z, Zafar M, Yaseen G, Hussain M, Bibi T. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants among the communities of Alpine and Sub-alpine regions of Pakistan. J Ethnopharmacol. 2015;164:186–202.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Khan SW, Abbas Q, Hassan SN, Khan H, Hussain A. Medicinal plants of turmic valley (Central Karakoram National Park), Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. J Bioresource Manage. 2015;2(2):11.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kunwar RM, Adhikari N. Ethnomedicine of Dolpa district, Nepal: the plants, their vernacular names and uses. Lyonia. 2005;8:43–9.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kunwar RM, Nepal BK, Kshetri HB, Rai SK, Bussmann RW. Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2006;2:27.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kunwar RM, Mahat L, Sharma LN, Shrestha KP, Kominee H, Bussmann RW. Underutilized plant species in Far-West Nepal – a valuable resource being wasted. J Mt Sci. 2012;9:589–600.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lama YC, Ghimire SK, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y. Medicinal plants of Dolpo: Amchi’s knowledge and conservation. Kathmandu: WWF Nepal Program; 2001.

    Google Scholar 

  • Manandhar NP. Plants and people of Nepal. Portland: Timber Press; 2002.

    Google Scholar 

  • Parajuli R. Revision of the genus Delphinium L. (Ranunculaceae) of Nepal. Kirtipur: Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University; 2009.

    Google Scholar 

  • Parajuli R. Facilitative role of Berberis mucrifolia in maintaining plant species diversity at high-altitude Langtang valley of Central Nepal. Kirtipur: Tribhuvan University; 2012.

    Google Scholar 

  • Paudel A, Markwith SH, Konchar K, Shrestha M, Ghimire SK. Anthropogenic fire, vegetation structure and ethnobotanical uses in an alpine shrubland of Nepal’s Himalaya. Int J Wildl Fire. 2020;29:201–14.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Phondani PC, Maikhuri RK, Rawat LS, Farooquee NA, Kala CP, Vishvakarma SCR, et al. Ethnobotanical uses of plants among the Bhotiya tribal communities of Niti Valley in Central Himalaya, India. Ethnobot Res Appl. 2010;8:233–44.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Polunin O, Stainton JDA. Flowers of the Himalaya. New Delhi: Oxford University Press; 1984.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rajbhandari M, Mentel R, Jha PK, Chaudhary RP, Bhattarai S, Gewali MB, Karmacharya N, Hipper M, Lindequist U. Antiviral activity of some plants used in Nepalese Traditional Medicine. eCAM. 2007; 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem156.

  • Rokaya MB, Münzbergová Z, Timsina B. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants from the Humla district of western Nepal. J Ethnopharmacol. 2010;130:485–504.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rokaya MB, Uprety Y, Poudel RC, Timsina B, Münzbergová Z, Asselin H, et al. Traditional uses of medicinal plants in gastrointestinal disorders in Nepal. J Ethnopharmacol. 2014;158:221–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sacherer J. The high altitude ethnobotany of the Rolwaling Sherpas. Contrib Nepal Stud. 1979;6:45–64.

    Google Scholar 

  • Samant SS, Pant S, Singh M, Lal M, Singh A, Sharma A, et al. Medicinal plants in Himachal Pradesh, north western Himalaya, India. Int J Biodivers Sci Manag. 2007;3:234–51.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shrestha N, Shrestha KK. Vulnerability assessment of high-valued medicinal plants in Langtang National Park, Central Nepal. Biodiversity. 2012;13:24–36.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ƭba H, Iokawa Y, Śarmā L. Flora of Mustang, Nepal. Kathmandu: Kodansha Scientific; 2008.

    Google Scholar 

  • The Plant List. The plant list. Version 1.1. Available at: http://www.theplantlist.org/. (2013). Last accessed 25 May 2020.

  • Tripathee HP, Sharma RP, Timilsina YP, Pathak R, Devkota KP. An assessment of ethnomedicinal use, chemical constituents analysis and bioactivity evaluation on high altitude medicinal plant Delphinium brunonianum of Manang district. Nepal J Sci Technol. 2011;12:111–8.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ulubelen A, Desai HK, Teng Q, Mericli AH, Meriçli F, Kolak US, et al. Delbruninol, a new norditerpenoid alkaloid from Delphinium brunonianum Royle. Heterocycles. 1999;8:1897–903.

    Google Scholar 

  • Uprety Y, Asselin H, Boon EK, Yadav S, Shrestha KK. Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2010;6:3.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wali R, Rahman K, Raja NI, Qureshi R, Mashwani ZR. A quantitative medico-botanical expedition of Fairy Meadows National Park, Diamir, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. BioRxiv 2019a; 507848.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wali R, Rahman K, Raja NI, Qureshi R, Bussmann RW, Mashwani ZUR. A quantitative medico botanical expedition of Fairy Meadows National Park, Diamir, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. Ethnobot Res Appl. 2019b;18(35) https://doi.org/10.32859/era.18.35.1-30.

  • Wencai W, Warnock MJ. Delphinium L. Flora China. 2001;6:223–74.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wu Z, Raven PH, Hong D, editors. Flora of China. Beijing/St. Louis: Science Press/Missouri Botanical Garden Press; 1994–2013.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Rabindra Parajuli

  2. Habitat Concern, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Rabindra Parajuli & Bishnu Timilsina

  3. Small Mammal Conservation and Research Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Bishnu Timilsina

  4. Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hammad Ahmad Jan

  5. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Swat, Mingora, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

  6. United Nations Development Programme, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Ikram Ur Rahman

  7. Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Wahid Hussain

  8. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  9. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  10. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

  11. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  12. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

Authors
  1. Rabindra Parajuli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Bishnu Timilsina
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Hammad Ahmad Jan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Hassan Sher
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Ikram Ur Rahman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Wahid Hussain
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Ripu M. Kunwar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Rainer W. Bussmann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rabindra Parajuli .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  2. Center for Plant Sciences & Biodiversity, University of Swat, Pakistan, Udigram, Pakistan

    Hassan Sher

  3. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Parajuli, R. et al. (2021). Delphinium brunonianum Royle Delphinium himalayae Munz Delphinium roylei Munz Delphinium vestitum Wall. ex Royle Ranunculaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_79-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_79-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-45597-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-45597-2

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Biomedicine and Life SciencesReference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Chapter history

  1. Latest

    Wall. ex Royle R
    Published:
    13 April 2021

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_79-2

  2. Original

    Wall. ex Royle R
    Published:
    10 February 2021

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_79-1

Search

Navigation