MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIKKIM

 

 

Basic Information

 

               

Species                        : Myricaria rosea W.W.Sm.

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Synonym                     : M. prostata Hook.f.Thomson ex. Benth. M.germanica var prostgta Dyer

Family                          : Tamaricaceae

Habitat                        : An erect shrub, 1.2- 2.4 m high, found often growing gregariously in sandy river beds

                                  and banks, in the inner dry ranges of temperate and alpine Himalayas.

Distribution      : Distributed to alpine and temperate Himalayas.

Sikkim               : Track towards 5 Lake in Dzongu, Tholung- Kishong lake Yumthang, Rongchu Towards Tamsay, baba- Mandir, Kupup, Nathang- Kupup,

                         Lachen-Thongu, Lhonak valley.

Outside            : Punjab, West Bengal, U.P- Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan and Westwards to Europe.

Morphological information

A deciduous shrub with erect or decumbent stems 0.3- 0.9 m high and up to 1.3 cm diameter. Twigs smooth, glabrous, reddish- purplish brown, bearing fascicled decidous side. Shoots usually 1.3-10 cm long. Leaves 2.5- 7.5 mm long, linear- lanceolate, entire, glaucous-blue, glabrous. Flower pink in lateral and terminal spike like racemes 5.15cm long. Sometimes forming a terminal panicles up to 45 cm long. Pedicels up to 2.5 mm long. Bracts 4- 8 mm long with broad membranous margins. Petals white.Calyx and flowering rhachis purplish red. Capsules 8-13 mm long.

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Parts            : Bark.

Status          : Low risk

 

Traditional     : The herbal bath is taken during the antidotes to meat and food poisoning in North Sikkim.

 


Reference

1. Anonymous (1961). The Wealth of India (Vol. 6). Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR. New Delhi. 473.

2. Anonymous (1992). The Useful Plants of India. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 388.

3. Kirtikar, K.R.; B.D. Basu (1993) Indian Medicinal Plants. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Dehradun. 345.

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