Coptis teeta Wall.

 
  • Family : RANUNCULACEAE
    (Buttercup Or Crowfoot Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEELAMABARI FAMILY (नीलाम्बरी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Ranunculaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Helleborus teeta Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Coptis teeta Wall.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mishmi teeta, Tita (Abor.
    • Asm.
    • Mishmi).
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : In moist shaded forests
  • Comments / notes : At 1500- 2700 m. Now under cultivation at some places in the state. Use : The rootstocks contain an alkaloid of berberine group used in cough, cold and also in stomachache, dysentery and diarrhoea. Also used as general alround tonic.
  • Key identification features : Rootstocks horizontal, densely fibrous, golden-yellow. Leaves pinnatifid, petioles very long, leaflets ovate-Ianceolate. Flowers 1-3, white or yellowish. Follicles 6-8, stalked.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-April
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit district,Siang district
  • Native : China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Conservation Status : Rare
  • Literature :
    • P.K. Hajra, D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri. Flora of India, Sereies 2 : Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh. Vol. 1. pp. 53.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Coptis teeta. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.