Ligularia amplexicaulis DC.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Arnica amplexicaulis Wall. ex DC.; Ligularia corymbosa DC.; Ligularia yakla (C.B.Clarke) V.Singh & P.Singh; Senecillis amplexicaulis (DC.) Kitam.; Senecio amplexicaulis Wall.; Senecio yakla C.B.Clarke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ligularia amplexicaulis DC.
  • Common name : Stem Clasping Ligularia, Ligularia
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshes, damp slopes, shrubberies and forest clearing 2700 - 4800 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : The stems, leaves and flowers are used in Tibetan medicine, they are said to have an astringent taste and a cooling potency. Digestive and emetic, they are used in the treatment of vomiting from indigestion.
  • Key identification features : Collar of stock not woolly (surrounded by dead leaf bases); leaves herbaceous; phyllaries black-margined
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to South Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 159
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1574-1575
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 202
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 162
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ligularia amplexicaulis. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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