MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIKKIM

 

 

Basic Information

 

                 

 

Species                                               : Potentilla fulgens Wall

Local Name                                         : Bajra dante (Nep)

Synonym                                             :

Family                                                  : Rosacea

Habitat                                                 : It is an erect perennial herb 15-75 cm. Thrives well in moist

                                                                                                                              places.

Distribution                                        : Distributed in the temperate Himalayas.

Sikkim                                                : Gyalshing, Pelling, Yuksom, Karponang, Yumthang, Chungthang, Tholung, Barsay, Lachen-Chaten,

                                                             Men-menchu, Tsoka Bakhim, Sopaka.

Outside                                               : Darjeeling, Khasia Mountains, Punjab, Bhutan (Thimpu, Punakha, Tsongsa, Mongar, Bumthang

                                                            district), Himachal Pradesh, hills of Assam, Eastern Himalayas (Kumaon to Sikkim), Meghalaya,

                                                             Western China.

 

Morphological information

An erect-branched perennial herb, 1/2-21/2ft.high. Spreading hairs on the petiole and stem and with the brilliant silvery clothing of the under surface of the leaves and inflorescence sometimes extending to the upper surface. Rootstock very stout. Stems 6-24 inches; stout ascending or erect leafy. Leaves 2-6 inches, larger leaflets 1/2-11/2 inch, crowded or not, sometimes with deeply impressed nerves above, at others quire flat, teeth very numerous and acute; petiole rather stout; stipules usually membranous. Flowers yellow corymbose cymes. Petals obovate orbicular. Achenes on an elevated hairy receptacle.

Flowering                          : June-August

Fruiting                             : August-September

History                              :

Parts                                 : Root.

Status                               : Low risk

Medicinal                          : Roots are used in diarrhoea.

 

Traditional

The juice is taken to treat stomach trouble, cough and cold. The root powder is considered to cure toothache and pyrrhoea ( Nepali System and Sherpa System).

 


Reference

1. Anonymous (1992). The Useful Plants of India. Publications and Information Directorate. CSIR, New Delhi. 415-416.

2. Bhujel, R.B. (1996). Studies on the Dicotyledonous Flora of Darjeeling District. Unpublished Ph.D Thesis University of North Bengal. 310

3. Kirtikar, K.R.; B.D. Basu (1993). Indian Medicinal Plants. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. Dehradun. 1489-1490.

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