Swertia cordata (G. Don) C.B. Clarke

 
  • Family : GENTIANACEAE
    (Gentian Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ophelia cordata G.Don; Ophelia nuda Klotzsch
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Swertia cordata (G. Don) C.B. Clarke
  • Common name : Heart-Leaf Swertia
  • Vernacular name :
    • Charaita (Hindi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : On open hillsides and grassland slopes; 1700 - 4000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Stem leaves broadly ovate, bases cordate, amplexicaul; with 1 gland on each corolla lobe
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun
    • Sikkim : SIKKIM
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tawang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : East Afghanistan to China (West Yunnan)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 178
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 624
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 183-184
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Swertia cordata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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