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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.
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This article is about the plant also called wolfsbane. You may be looking for the potion of the same name.
"As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite."
—Professor Severus Snape during Harry Potter's first Potions class[src]

Aconite (also known as monkshood or wolfsbane) is a mundane plant with magical properties.

Description

Once widespread, this plant is now only found in wild places. Its flowers are useful in Potion-making, but its leaves are very toxic. The root of aconite can be used as a potion ingredient. Aconite is most commonly known as an ingredient of Wolfsbane Potion,[1] but it is also an ingredient in Wideye Potion.[2] 

History

During the 1988–1989 school year, Fifth year Herbology students were taught about Aconite by Professor Pomona Sprout.[3]

Behind the scenes

  • There are over 250 species of Aconitum, the most common of which are known as aconite, monkshood, or wolfsbane.
  • Aconitum species are highly toxic, although they were used in medicine as a pain-reliever, diuretic, heart sedative, and to induce sweating.[4]
  • In medieval Europe, aconite was often used as poison in animal bait[5] or on arrows used when hunting wolves, hence the herb also became known as wolfsbane.[6]
  • Aconite, a member of the buttercup family, was believed to be an important ingredient in witches' flying ointments.[7][8]
  • The closed captions for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone erroneously refers to aconite as "akamite."

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - GBC version
  2. ↑ Pottermore
  3. ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
  4. ↑ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=HTML&rgn=div1&byte=1610857076
  5. ↑ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=HTML&rgn=div1&byte=1610857076
  6. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=htGD3Y7WNxwC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=aconite+witches+wolves&source=bl&ots=VjL2uk2bNP&sig=qdF2RB_9ejdcPaIq5tw_ZoQTN_0&hl=en&ei=IKM0Tr_yMcjogQfymsCYDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=aconite%20witches%20wolves&f=false
  7. ↑ http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_aconite.htm
  8. ↑ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=HTML&rgn=div1&byte=1610857076


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