Basic Information
Species : Bergenia ciliata Sternb
Local Name : Pakhanbeth (Nep)
Synonym : Saxigfraga ligulata Wall
Family : Saxifragaceae
Habitat : Found on rocks, ledges and cliffs.
Distribution : Distributed to temperate and sub -alpine region.
Sikkim : Kyongnosla, Changu, Karponanag, Lachen to Thongu, Nathang, Prekchu -Tsokha, Pangolakha- Subaney Dara, Gangtok (domesticated).
Out side : West Bengal (Darjeeling, Labha, Takdah, Rimbick( Kalimpong), Arunachal Pradesh (Nyam Jang Chu), Bhutan
(Phuntsoling district, Deothang district, Ha district and Mongar district).
General : Afghanistan, Himalayas (Kumaon to Bhutan), South Tibet, Meghalaya, Lushai hills.
Morphological information
Leaves sub orbicular or broadly obovate, 15x4-14 cm, rounded at base and apex, margin finely denticulate and densely ciliate, leaves otherwise glaborous. Flowers 1–20; calyx 7–12 mm,green, lobes acute, denticulate near apex; petals obovate, 11-15 x 7 -13 mm, white tinged pink; stamens 6 -12 mm.
Flowering : February- April
Fruiting : March-July
History
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Parts : Root.
Status : Vulnerable
Medicinal
Used in fever, pulmonary
infections, diarrhoea and scurvy. Decoction of the root is made
and taken orally.
Reference
1. Grierson, A.J.C. & D.G. Long 1987. Flora of Bhutan (Vol. 1, Part 3). Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 492.%
2. Progress Report of the Project "Studies on Medicinal Plants of Sikkim" (1998 2001). State Council of Science and Technology for Sikkim.