Roscoea purpurea Sm.

 
  • Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
    (Ginger Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Roscoea purpurea Sm.
  • Common name : Purple Roscoe Lily
  • Vernacular name :
    • Rasgaree, Bhordaya (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine grassland, steep, grassy hillsides, damp gullies and stony slopes; often on disturbed ground, growing out of old terrace walls or in the shade in forest margins
  • Comments / notes : Roscoea purpurea is cultivated as an ornamental. In northern India the fleshy roots are traditionally used for making a tonic to treat malaria. In Nepal they are boiled and eaten and also used in traditional veterinary medicine.
  • Key identification features : Leaves lanceolate or oblong-Ianceolate; Spikes terminal on leafy stems; Flowers purple, rarely lilac or white; lip bilobed; Capsules cylindric.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : India, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 408
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 279
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 181
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Roscoea purpurea. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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