Spiraea sorbifolia L.

 
  • Family : ROSACEAE
    (Rose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Basilima sorbifolia (L.) Raf., Schizonotus sorbifolius (L.) Lindl. ex Steud., Sorbaria sorbifolia var. glabra Maxim., Sorbaria sorbifolia var. glandulifolia J.H.Song & S.P.Hong, Sorbaria sorbifolia var. stellipila Maxim., Sorbaria stellipila (Maxim.) C.K.Schneid., Spiraea pinnata Moench
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A.Braun
  • Common name : Kashmir False Spirea, Himalayan Sorbaria
  • Vernacular name :
    • Baakhre jhaar (Nepali)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Pinus wallichiana forest and degraded scrub; 1800 - 2900 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : The reddish brown infructescence persists on the plant until the following season. Juice from the seed is used to treat liver problems.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Amur, Chita, India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Asia-Temperate and North America
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 125
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Spiraea sorbifolia. Downloaded on 5 December 2024.

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