MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIKKIM

 

 

Basic Information

 

                

Species                       : Laportea terminalis Wight

Local Name                 : Patley sisnu (Nep)

Synonym                     : L. buffiffemauct. pp. non- Weddell

Family                          : Urticaceae

Habitat                       : An annual herb.

Distribution                 :

Sikkim                          : Rumtek.

Outside                       : Bhutan.

General                       : Hemlock and Fir forests, more rarely in moist, warm and cool broad leaved forests, on wet banks and in ravines, 900- 3300 m.

Morphological information

Plants up to 2 m tall, bearing sparse, long white stinging hairs throughout. Leaves ovate, 9-15 X 3.5- 8 cm, acuminate, base rounded, margins regularly and sharply serrate; petioles 3- 8 an; stipules lanceolate, 2- fid, 8- 11 mm long. Male panicles 3- 8 cm, flowers c2 mm diameter. Female flowers with ovary c1 mm bearing slender style c3 mm. Achenes c4 X 2.5 mm, borne on winged fruiting pedicels 5- 8 X 2- 3 mm.

Flowering                          : June-August

Fruiting                             : September-February

History                             :

Parts                                 : Roots.

Status                               : Low risk

 

Medicinal

Freshly collected root is crushed with the bulb of Kaempferia rotunda, Senecio intermedius, Viscum monoicum and the prepared paste is applied externally in case of bone fracture. Freshly collected root is crushed and the filtered juice is administered orally in case of pneumonia.Roots are crushed and made into paste which is applied locally in case of swelling and bone fracture

Unani

Traditional: The local people believe to repel the evil spirit and also to prevent the loose-motion tie string made from the fibrous stem around the hip of three weeks old baby.

 


Reference

 

1. Grierson, A.J.C and D.G. Long, (1991). Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim (Vol. 2, part 1). Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh. 110.

2. Progress Report of the Project "Studies on Medicinal Plants of Sikkim" (1998- 2001). State Council of Science and Technology for Sikkim.